Hidden Powers
By Zoe Kinvig
It would be amazing if everyone had a superpower,
Everyone would be special and unique,
They would have great adventures and ideas,
They could contribute to the world with their powers,
Things would be different in a matter of hours.
In a super world, mailmen could fly around the world in an instant,
Inventors could come up with award winning ideas with a snap of their fingers.
Chefs could replicate food to feed the poor, end world hunger,
Cops would have X-ray vision and be able to find bad guys like a needle in haystack.
We could set our society back on track.
If everyone had a power we could make such a difference,
Someone could create a machine that completely cleans ocean water to make it drinkable.
We could …show more content…
However, maybe if everyone had a superpower then no one would be super.
If everyone could run as fast as a cheetah, then those powers still wouldn’t win them any races.
If all kids could read at the age of one, it wouldn’t be very impressive anymore.
It’s a nice fantasy, but if everyone got a million dollars, suddenly an apple would cost a ton.
We would end up back at square one.
So that dream world is out, but then again, maybe we all do have superpowers in our own ways.
We can all materialize items and scenarios with our minds using simple imagination.
We are capable of tackling great feats of endurance and strength if we need it to survive.
We can make ourselves invincible in our minds, using courage to get things done.
We suffer through great difficulty, but can still hope and believe that one day that too will be done.
So yeah, you can’t breathe underwater or read minds,
But we humans actually have our own little superpowers,
Though that may be hard to understand.
It’s not that you aren’t special, it’s just that our powers are so confined,
It just takes another look, and the things that make us remarkable you will …show more content…
The last two lines of every stanza have and end rhyme. There are a few similes (“like a needle in a haystack”, “run as fast as a cheetah”) and it has a basic rhythm. There are six stanzas, each with five lines.
REAL-LIFE COMPARISONS
The poem has lots of abstract ideas about superpowers that relate to things that would be useful for us to have. One line is about making a machine that turns seawater into drinkable and usable. That is actually something that is being worked on in a few places but it hasn’t really been taken into effect just yet.
Another line gives the idea of X-ray vision for police officers. This could be useful for catching people who have committed crimes, as well as stopping them before they do anything at all. It's a nod at how in the USA with all of the school shootings going on, people are proposing making clear backpacks mandatory for all students.
Another comparison would be the line about flying mailmen. Here in Canada it takes absolutely forever to get a package. Also, wouldn’t it be awesome if we could replicate food so no-one would ever go hungry
By Zoe Kinvig
It would be amazing if everyone had a superpower,
Everyone would be special and unique,
They would have great adventures and ideas,
They could contribute to the world with their powers,
Things would be different in a matter of hours.
In a super world, mailmen could fly around the world in an instant,
Inventors could come up with award winning ideas with a snap of their fingers.
Chefs could replicate food to feed the poor, end world hunger,
Cops would have X-ray vision and be able to find bad guys like a needle in haystack.
We could set our society back on track.
If everyone had a power we could make such a difference,
Someone could create a machine that completely cleans ocean water to make it drinkable.
We could …show more content…
However, maybe if everyone had a superpower then no one would be super.
If everyone could run as fast as a cheetah, then those powers still wouldn’t win them any races.
If all kids could read at the age of one, it wouldn’t be very impressive anymore.
It’s a nice fantasy, but if everyone got a million dollars, suddenly an apple would cost a ton.
We would end up back at square one.
So that dream world is out, but then again, maybe we all do have superpowers in our own ways.
We can all materialize items and scenarios with our minds using simple imagination.
We are capable of tackling great feats of endurance and strength if we need it to survive.
We can make ourselves invincible in our minds, using courage to get things done.
We suffer through great difficulty, but can still hope and believe that one day that too will be done.
So yeah, you can’t breathe underwater or read minds,
But we humans actually have our own little superpowers,
Though that may be hard to understand.
It’s not that you aren’t special, it’s just that our powers are so confined,
It just takes another look, and the things that make us remarkable you will …show more content…
The last two lines of every stanza have and end rhyme. There are a few similes (“like a needle in a haystack”, “run as fast as a cheetah”) and it has a basic rhythm. There are six stanzas, each with five lines.
REAL-LIFE COMPARISONS
The poem has lots of abstract ideas about superpowers that relate to things that would be useful for us to have. One line is about making a machine that turns seawater into drinkable and usable. That is actually something that is being worked on in a few places but it hasn’t really been taken into effect just yet.
Another line gives the idea of X-ray vision for police officers. This could be useful for catching people who have committed crimes, as well as stopping them before they do anything at all. It's a nod at how in the USA with all of the school shootings going on, people are proposing making clear backpacks mandatory for all students.
Another comparison would be the line about flying mailmen. Here in Canada it takes absolutely forever to get a package. Also, wouldn’t it be awesome if we could replicate food so no-one would ever go hungry