Prompt: Go to a book you love. Find a short line that strikes you. Make that line the title of your poem. Write a poem inspired by the line. Then, after you’ve finished, change the title completely.
“And we need to use our superpowers now.”
A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor by Hank Green, Page 318
If there ever were a time when our talents were most needed
It would be this moment now, lest we be defeated
The strength of many far exceeds the skill of just us few
But I will stand up fearlessly and raise my voice with you
We carry no enchanted relics nor sorcery apply
We were not blessed with x-ray sight nor ability to fly
We wear no costume nor disguise to hide identity
But boast a birthright in a land where spoken thought is free
So we equip our silver tongues and advance undeterred
Stones and sticks are no defense against a straight-shot word