The Beast from Below the Beyond

Posted on 2023-04-02 by Bartholomew Barker

It bleeds up from a brackish bog,
bearlike and bat-faced,
breath of a basilisk.
It bumbles into a basilica,
battling, brawling, breaking bones,
burning, brutalizing human beings.

Until a brilliant boondocks boy
breaks into a brothel’s basement,
and among the bodices and bikinis,
he burgles some bagpipes
which boisterously bewilder
the beady-eyed brute,

banishing it back
to Below the Beyond!

 

For today’s prompt, write a B-movie poem.

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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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24 Responses to The Beast from Below the Beyond

  1. Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris's avatar Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris says:
    2023-04-02 at 20:24

    Fantastic and great fun Bartholomew! ☺️

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  2. JeanMarie's avatar JeanMarie says:
    2023-04-02 at 21:54

    Clever! I saw that prompt and couldn’t imagine how you write a poem for it but you nailed it!

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  3. jaidai23's avatar jai says:
    2023-04-02 at 22:52

    Well done, Bartholomew. 👏👏👏

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  4. r.Douglas's avatar r.Douglas says:
    2023-04-03 at 00:14

    bodacious-ly backseat and backlot Burbank.

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  5. thelongview's avatar thelongview says:
    2023-04-03 at 03:29

    Bafflingly breathtaking!

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  6. Bill's avatar Bill says:
    2023-04-03 at 18:54

    Alliterative genus. Well done.

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  7. Cassa Bassa's avatar Cassa Bassa says:
    2023-04-04 at 04:17

    Hahaha that’s a great B poem!!! Great Work!!!!

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  8. equipsblog's avatar equipsblog says:
    2023-04-06 at 11:31

    Beautiful brilliant because.

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  10. Susi Bocks's avatar Susi Bocks says:
    2023-04-16 at 21:05

    Definitely a B poem! :) Fun.

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