To celebrate poetry month and superhero month (which I thought was a thing but maybe it isn't) I'm writing three MORE Superhero poetry anthologies, starting with Spiderverse, the best animated movie of last year. Enjoy!


Myles

I didn't ask for this

It hit me like a ton of bricks

I can lift a ton of bricks!

I didn't ask for this

I don't belong here

Just wanted to disappear

Now I can disappear!

I don't belong here

I didn't ask for this

I'm not Myles the hero

No expectations

Testing lower than zero

I didn't ask for this

I don't belong here

I didn't ask for this

I don't belong here

Gwen

I respectfully ask

You do not

Get involved

In my life

Keep my distance

Keep my eyes closed

I don't want

Your friendship

Your fistbumps

Your smile

I respectfully ask

You do not

Like my hair

Spiderham

Death happens

To all of us

To little boys

Little girls

Little pigs

It wasn't us

Wasn't our fault

Great power

Great responsibility

But we can't

Stop death

It just happens

To all of us

Peni Parker

I don't usually cry

There's water in my eyes

I am not used to this

I know I look like a kid

I'm not supposed to fit

But I'm used to this

Heroes never cry

Heroes never die

I'm not used to this

Keep up your smile

Fight through the trials

I'm used to this

I don't ever cry

But people sometimes die

I hate getting used to this

Noir

I have a little spider family

When I didn't think it was possible

That I have a family

That I could belong

It is different now

Having them

Having color

Having purpose

But I like to believe

That they need me

That those little kids

Peni and Myles and Gwen

Need a Noir looking out for them

I have a little spider family

Connected through dimensions rather than blood

A tiny little spider family

That taught me what was possible.

Peter B.

I have lived my entire life afraid

Don't they see it?

I get up again but I am terrified

I didn't ask to be Spiderman

No one ever does

I fell in love absolutely petrified

I couldn't move my feet the day I married

Not because they were cold

Just because I was scared

I am always scared

MJ wanted to have kids

And I ran away

I was too frightened I'd screw them up

And I became the screwup

Then I fell into the multiverse

Which was freaky

And I found some kids to mess up

But somehow, I didn't

Somehow I taught someone how to not be afraid

And I became less a coward

More a hero

And I returned, ready to fall

Ready to have a family

Whether or not I would screw up

Whether or not I was afraid