Lost World

Posted on 2021-04-26 by Bartholomew Barker

For today’s prompt from Robert Lee Brewer’s Write Better Poetry blog, take the phrase “(blank) World,” replace the blank with a word or phrase, make the new phrase the title of your poem, and then, write your poem. Possible titles include: “Theme Park World,” “Poeming World,” and/or “Brave New World.” Have fun putting the world in a poem.

Lost World

Look up! Any time of night
you’ll see blinking lights
of airplanes crossing
from horizon to horizon
and you won’t see the milky way.

Listen hard! Any time of day
you’ll hear the growl of a motor
burning oil or the hum
of some electric spinning
and you won’t hear the leaves in the breeze.

Our pollution extends beyond smog
and toxins as we contaminate perception
itself like a once pristine glacier
covered with emptied bottles of water.

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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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9 Responses to Lost World

  1. JeanMarie's avatar JeanMarie says:
    2021-04-26 at 21:33

    Noise and light
    Tainting our world
    Its weird and sad
    And just not right

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  2. ivor20's avatar ivor20 says:
    2021-04-26 at 21:51

    Truth …
    Lost, a sense of comprehension
    That we are the irresponsible killers

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  3. Cassa Bassa's avatar Cassa Bassa says:
    2021-04-27 at 00:13

    Love the analogy in the last stanza

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  4. KK's avatar KK says:
    2021-04-27 at 07:21

    Beautiful lines!!

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  5. anitashope's avatar anitashope says:
    2021-04-29 at 12:53

    Nice. I enjoy your works in The Sound of Brilliance.

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