Roberta Writes – Comics in the junk drawer for Esther and Teagan #poetry #comics #RichieRich

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Teagan is hosting a junk drawer creativity challenge. You can join in here: https://teagansbooks.com/2024/11/13/whatnot-wednesday-creativity-challenge/

Esther’s writing challenge this week is Comics. You can join in Esther’s challenge here: https://estherchilton.co.uk/2024/11/13/writing-prompts-40/

And so, I have arrived at …

Comics in the junk drawer

I jerk the drawer open

The contents spill out

Opening like butterfly wings

They land in a colourful heap

Vintage comics

Not vintage in my youth

Second hand and scuffed

Tossed out by older cousins

Who’d moved on to Archie

Treasured by Cath and I

The world of Richie Rich

So foreign to us girls

Ordinary kids leading simple lives

In a small seaside town

Happiness found at the beach

In the garden and at school

And … within the pages

Of a still glossy comic book

Picture caption: Cover of a Richie Rich and his girlfriends comic from https://www.mycomicshop.com/

Richie Rich Limericks

Richie Rich

The boy who has everything

But is kind and likes sharing

He has several girlfriends

And the fun never ends

He’s always helpful and caring

Picture caption: Cover of a Richie Rich comic from https://www.mycomicshop.com/

Gloria Kind

Gloria is Richie Rich’s best girl

She has orange hair with a slight curl

She won’t accept expensive gifts

When he tries, she gets miffed

Among girls, she’s a perfect pearl

Picture caption: Gloria Glad from https://comicvine.gamespot.com/gloria-glad/4005-2648/

Little Lotta

An obese girl who loves to eat

Her consumption’s quite a feat

Her strength quite unique

She always turns the other cheek

No-one Little Lotta can defeat

Picture caption: Little Lotta from https://comicvine.gamespot.com/little-lotta/4005-2657/

Little Dot and me

Little Dot was my favourite of all

She was cute and not very tall

Obsessive just like me

In her myself I could see

With her dots she had a ball

Picture caption: Little Dot from https://comicvine.gamespot.com/little-dot/4005-2652/

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59 thoughts on “Roberta Writes – Comics in the junk drawer for Esther and Teagan #poetry #comics #RichieRich”

  17. That was delightful, Roberta!

    I wonder if a friend (well, the wife of my late husband’s good friend) still reads Archie. There was always a pile in the bathroom!

    Love your limericks, too.

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  18. I remember these comics, Robbie, through I usually gravitated towards Archie. They were a delightful way to while away the afternoon. Loved the poems, perfect characterizations for the uninitiated.

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