Needed
super heroes
the twenty-four-seven variety.
Requires
kindness, empathy,
a listening ear,
open heart and mind.
Willingness to wear another’s shoes.
Must self-identify with humanity
not gender, race,
ethnicity, education,
or place of origin.
We need you,
now.
I’m hosting dVerse today and asking folks to think about the words “super hero” and “super power(s)” and write a poem that is somehow related to or motivated by those words. The words themselves may or may not be in the poem. Pub opens at 3 PM Boston time. Come on over to read some super posts!
lillian the home poet 
Aint that the truth!
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Amen….oh yeah!
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I like the empathy with all of humanity.
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Empathy is a critical skill.
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Delightful! I love this. With the degradation of humanity, it just about makes sense to call for these super heroes.
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Exactly. We need 24/7 heroes to speak up and speak out.
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Indeed!
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Sing it! The call for those who “self-identify with humanity” is a must-heard battle cry these days, and yes, those who heed the call are the real superheroes.
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Exactly!
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SMiLes.. mY FriEnd Lillian for i have a Secret NoW
that not many may fully know/feel/sense for it is the
Child in Middle School Most often who
is bullied who eventually turns to
Victory instead of Vengeance
And the Art of Comic
Book Creation
to Create
a Super
Hero that many
Children who are
bullied for being different
may enjoy as an archetype at least
in Fantasy of Human Hero come to be..
thing is.. when all the Children bullied me in
School.. i didn’t have the focus for extended
art and creativity then.. so.. instead.. i looked to
Strength Training instead to exert my right to survive
as a weak seen fish in ‘their’ Aquarium then.. and oh my
Goodness with increased confidence in my Shadow Self
eventually graduating
out of a mental crisis
unit after breaking
down after
A Higher College
year in School.. i went on
to three part time jobs and
finishing three degrees where even
an older female peer at College named
me Superman for that as wow.. i never
expected to hear that particularly as i still
had only Clark Kent Skills in the Social Arena
then.. yes.. kind.. but mostly just the kind of guy that
Most Girls saw as friend then and perhaps potential for
Super Hero2.. hehe.. Okay.. now after coming out of Hell
for 66 Months in the second life round of that and going on
now to make a 6 Million Word Poem Man and 9300 Miles of
Public Dance in the 58 months it will take by my 58th Birthday this year real
on 6.6.18.. as yes as i may have mentioned before that’s one-ten-thousandth in
in miles as a one way trip to the Sun.. hmm.. True.. i have yet to be called Superman
for my Poetry Writing Volume for usually i am too big to see.. And while i finished
my work-career before i broke down again at age 47.. since the previous break
down at 21.. i was named Superman by the Lady Across the Hall who saw all
my Collateral Business associated duties assigned and completed while being
Athletic Director of a Navy Station then.. yes.. too.. after being the last kid picked
on Sports Teams in Schools with still.. no clue about team sports then.. valuable
commodity picked for my analytical skills first still without the Social Art of making
Teams really work.. true.. how many Superheroes are really team players.. goes back
to the Comic Book Creators as outcasts they were too.. anyway.. i haven’t heard Super
Hero for my Dance in Public that is just a spiraling moving meditation that is just mostly
for the Bliss and Nirvana and the Kingdom of Heaven continuously for that Ascendent
Transcendent Meditation Continuous Movement of Life now as any rice paper walking
Native would/will do to move invisibly gracefully to capture prey and escape predator
in Feral-Cat Stealth-Like BaLanCinG
Lion Hearted Courage with Force
Strength Love of Will for the Rest
of the Tribe then.. True too.. that was
just a given in them olden days then..
And still True for so-called Primitive Folks
who still really live innately instinctually in skills and
abiLiTies intuitively with ISA’s over Book Knowledge
in KSA’s now.. thing is.. i have been publicly acknowledged
as Legend of Dance Directly to my face moreover for the fact
that i am the only one Brave enough to do that in Public for 1215
Events in a Metro Area of around 300K folks as of tonight at Super
Walmart will be that 1215th event in Close to 55 months of making a
GPS Sports Watch Documented Dance all along the way in my close
to 6 Million Word Poem as the Dance provides the intense laser focus
to get the Song done after the Dance continues on.. anYWay.. my FriEnd it’s
really not that impressive at all for through the Decade of my Maternal Grand
Mother from her 40’s to 50’s for 10 years she as a Divorced Mother raising 4 Daughters
worked as a Waitress in Town Balancing Trays Full of Food and Drinks.. 12 hours a day then
7 days a week until her physical body broke down and the next Steel Magnolia who would
be my Mother Supported her for rest of her life raising both my Sister and me undiagnosed
on the Autism Spectrum until close to an age of our 47th Year of life.. where she had to deal
with the lot of that that was us young.. somehow.. always supporting us with love no matter what..
yes.. through 2 Break Downs as an Adult for me that overall lasted 7 years then with nothing
really to give back to her but the trouble i was then.. It’s True.. my Friend.. 9,000 miles in
55 months is less than 6 miles average a day.. at only 1MPH Hour without any of the
Public Accolades i get on a day to day basis of free smiles and video voyeur shares
on Facebook.. she did at least 12 Miles a day at twice of what i did and likely twice
as much as that or more as Waitressing can and will be a Big Rush to get the
food out and served just right.. it’s true.. my friend.. i am quite flushed when
a Young Woman says weeee weee when they meet me face to face now for
all i’ve done as a Dance of bliss.. for true.. i repeat this True story to them..
in so many less words of a Freader’s Digest Concentrated
Version to them.. to tell them that it is all the Steel
Magnolia’s as they may one day be who never
run out of empathy and sympathy and
compassion for those who
are outcast
ill and
otherwise
all screwed up..
true.. if i can and will ever
Measure up to my Mother and
Grandmother then i will be just a Real
Human then.. no myth.. no fantasy.. no tall
tells of antiquated moth bitten books.. flesh and
blood and tears of as Real Supernormal Human Being oF LoVE Now..
True.. i aim high my friend for i come from the Highest Trees of Love
that is Woman..
i am just
A leave
that comes
From all those Trees..
Yes.. my friend this story is rather
long and not really appropriate as a comment
written back to a Poem online but my Mother and
my Grandmother taught me to eat all that was on my
plate.. and when it comes to muse i give back all that i eat..
in other words less and much more this is just a Thank you for all the
folks who bring muse and inspiration to light up the flicker and the flame
and the Torch as Bonfire of Saint Elmo’s Fire that is just another word for
a Light Bringer that/who is the same meaning of my Mother’s Name as Helen too..
True.. all who
Feed and
Water
Trees if only
Leaves are Super Heroes now..
i didn’t get to really give it all for
International Women’s Day Last Week
so.. yeah.. True.. you got that too.. heHe..
as they say.. what comes around goes around more..;)
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Grandious. Thank, You, Lord!
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As Far as the Women Folk Go And ALL my Family.. yes.. Grand They are For the only
Lord i Dance and Sing For as Love..:)
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The text has been altered since I made my initial comment. I no longer find it “grandious”. I am sorry I am incapable of deleting the comment.
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Hi there super girl! Glad to see you here.
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Hehe.. as Clark Kent goes..
i cannot tale a lie.. Lillian.. i am the
Frederick Part of the Katie Mia Frederick
Husband and Wife Team.. i am 57 and she
is turning 48 in April.. but it’s okay if you want to
call me Super Girl.. anyway.. for it’s true.. even though
i stand over 6 Feet Tall and Weigh around 240LBS and
Leg Press 1020Lbs.. 52 repetitions.. with my arms raised in the
air like a Ballerina.. at the Military Gym.. i work out at with all the
Elite Marine and Navy Student Pilots.. as a retiree from the Federal
Government in Civilian Status.. it’s True..
when i was in Middle
School i was very
Androgynous
Looking
as the McDonald’s
Cashier mistook me for
A Miss and the Kids at School
often Called me the F Word and not
the Fred Word just ’cause i was Tall and Thin
and Had Thick Blonde Long Hair with Bright Pale
Green to Blue Changing eyes with long eyelashes too..
And i smiled all the time ear to ear with a long thin Big Head…
(in High School
i grew a beard)
True though..
the Girls
liked me much
more than the Boys
and 2000 or so smiling faces
in Selfie way also included in my
Coming 6 Million Man Word Poem indicate
too that the Girls like me much more than the
Boys do still.. even at 57 years of age.. heHe..
i suppose it was worth it in those younger years..
being teased for the Gender i do Love so much.. still..
Just for the fact/feel they are not afraid to be F in Human and Show their Feelings.. Most…
It’s also True my Friend for Love is No Gender.. No Sexual Orientation.. No Lone National
Origin.. No Creed alone.. No Color.. No Age.. Time.. Distance.. or Space.. Love is Beyond
Infinity now all one Blood..
And it’s True i Write
as Love and
Love at its
Best Naturally
Sounds as Divine
Feminine Flowing
Balancing Grace..
Perhaps it’s
True.. i may
be Wonder Woman too..
Disguised as a Lamb in Lion’s clothes..
Don’t tale the other Guy who replied to
me for he might think i’m saying i’m A ‘Jesus’..
And make fun of me for that again.. it’s true in
‘that’ Story in John 14:12.. ‘Jesus’ predicted many
People like Stephen Hawking would carry much
Bigger Crosses aCross a Lifespan and continue to Love no matter what…
Yesterday.. Stephen Hawking Died on PI Day as it’s true the Greatest
Super Heroes
Hold up
the
Greatest
Crosses yet
on A Foundation
oF Love that/who does more than just words..
in other words.. these words are nothing and dance is all that is..
True..Words Try iN aS LiGHT but they will Never Match Love Esssence
A Dance of God as Love that is real
now with no
words at all..
Bless you my
friend.. and please
don’t take it against
me that i am a man
(i Feel you will not)
but considering
His Story
yes
History..
i wouldn’t
blame you if you did.. that..
i Always Feel More Warm
And Fuzzy around whoever
Wears the Clothes of Love..
We are born naked with those
Clothes but sadly thE LoVE
beComes covered….
and then
hidden
away
often
in
the
his
Story oF ‘Fore..
i don’t believe that
Real Super Heroes oF Love (i.e. Gandhi)
Carry Guns or Swords or Money.. that’s where
me and Wonder Woman part ways.. bearded or not..;)
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There is genius in your wanted poem, Lill, and the way things are going in the world at the moment, we really do need super heroes!
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Thanks, Kim. Will give you a chuckle today….I was reading the classified ads in the Bermuda Gazette when I wrote this….hence the idea for the Want Ad….but I digress. In the Under $100 section was this ad. “Experienced golf balls. Still have life in them. $25 for 100. ” Really! 🙂
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Sometimes it takes something beyond willpower to meet the challenges of the day. People of faith would call this superpower, the Power of the Holy Spirit! Very good challenge.
Dwight
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Glad you enjoyed!
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Hey It always pays to advertise in the want ads
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You bet! 🙂
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the relevance of this poem is beyond words. sigh. if only.
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Double sigh.
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If only…
This reminded me a little of the ad the children write in Mary Poppins. Maybe yours will be answered, too. We need superheroes like this, to be teachers, doctors, nurses, parents – everybody, really.
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Had not thought of that Mary Poppins ad….one of my favorite movies of all time with Dick Van Dyke and Julie Andrews.
Ah yes…..everybody really indeed.
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Such a lovely film! My kids are too cool for it now…
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Took an oath like that when I was a kid. I promised to be chearful, thrifty, brave, clean and reverant. Can’t remember the rest of it. I guess that’s why I only made it to scout second class. I like your definition better, but it will be a lot harder to fill that order
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Goals for all of us 🙂
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The hero, in most circumstances, I believe, is the one putting it straight, whatever it is. The Number One.
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Thanks for the reading 🙂 It’s been interesting to read the responses here and the posts to the prompt!
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This is what a hero should look… love the form of a wanted add.
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Thanks, Bjorn. Glad to see you enjoyed. Might be fun to have a Want Ad as a form for a Thursday. 🙂
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I like this very much, I think it should be put on posters everywhere. XX
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Hah! Posters of Want Ads….this instead of the proverbial “Dead or Alive”….Let’s hope there are many heroes alive out there…the 24/7 variety!
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A superhero’s calling, indeed, lillian! May many answer!
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Let there be a deluge! 🙂
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Oh, YES.
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Amen!!
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