Poet Reporter

A different kind of reporting, through the eyes of a poet.

Rise Above
Jody Vettori Jody Vettori

Rise Above

When I was a kid, I thought I was Spiderman. I even had the web shooters for my wrists and used to run around catching household items in my webs. When I got a little older, I wanted to be Wonder Woman. I had a red cardigan with buttons that I would wear as a jacket outside when the Pennsylvania weather was decent…

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Blue and Green Marble
Jody Vettori Jody Vettori

Blue and Green Marble

It’s been a hard week, regardless of what news channel you watch. This weekend I stumbled upon a Superman movie on TV, one of the newer versions. At first I wasn’t sure what I was watching; I walked into the room and the movie was in full swing. So I watched for a bit and when I left the room I did so with a head full of heroes and heroic deeds.

My thoughts brought to mind a scene from Upside Down Kingdom

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