Monsters (Poem-A-Day 27)

For today’s prompt, write a monster poem. There are the usual suspects: zombies, vampires, werewolves, and mummies. But monsters can take any form and terrorize a variety of victims. So have fun playing around with this one, because we’ve only got a few days of April left.

Monsters

There were monsters
Millions of years ago
Terrible lizards
Who dominated the land
Until rapid climate change
Ignited by an asteroid
Ended their reign

Those that survived
Evolved into birds
Who insist from the trees
They were once great

Perhaps our descendants
Will cling to branches
Hiding in leaves
Alongside those birds
And yell harsh warnings
At our arrogant
Successors

About Bartholomew Barker

Bartholomew Barker is an organizer of Living Poetry, a collection of poets in the Triangle region of North Carolina where he has hosted a monthly feedback workshop for more than decade. His first poetry collection, Wednesday Night Regular, written in and about strip clubs, was published in 2013. His second, Milkshakes and Chilidogs, a chapbook of food inspired poetry was served in 2017. He was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2021. Born and raised in Ohio, studied in Chicago, he worked in Connecticut for nearly twenty years before moving to Hillsborough where he lives and writes poetry.

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