Submissions by BatPowers (Bat Powers)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I write from a simple point of view, from the people and events around me.
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
20th Mar 2025 1:12pm
20th Mar 2025 1:12pm
Bubbles
We live in bubbles you and me
let's pop our bubbles so we can see
i think popping the bubbles may set us free
let's pop our bubbles so we can see
i think popping the bubbles may set us free
#TruthOfLife
41 reads
2 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
12th Mar 2025 3:39pm
12th Mar 2025 3:39pm
Thank you
A note of thanks to the folks that kept this site up and running all these years. Art matters, more now than yesterday. We have the ink and paint and voices that can withstand the onslaught of a world. So, keep writing keep painting and keep telling your truth. I know I will. Thanks again Underground.
Bat
Bat
#LifeChangingMoment
71 reads
4 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
10th Mar 2025 2:53pm
10th Mar 2025 2:53pm
The fragile life of a house plant
Sun streaming through the east facing windows
collection of funeral plants
a magical garden depending on me
no time to fret the day is upon us
feed them water them or set them free
collection of funeral plants
a magical garden depending on me
no time to fret the day is upon us
feed them water them or set them free
#LifeCycle
103 reads
4 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
7th Mar 2025 4:31pm
7th Mar 2025 4:31pm
Its always someone else
We convinced a whole generation that the sky is always falling!
What do we do now? Get together, applaud ourselves for a job well done!
What do we do now? Get together, applaud ourselves for a job well done!
#LifeChangingMoment
59 reads
3 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
7th Mar 2025 2:27am
7th Mar 2025 2:27am
Neighbors
We fucked ourselves
screwed the pooch
prayed to the god of money
showered us with love and praise
in the land of milk and honey
we waited and we waited
for the money to fall
from a sky of amber waves
thought dancing with the devil
would get us what we need
the walls been breached
your souls been sold
for gold and rotted seed
i look to my neighbor
think to myself
does he bleed like i bleed
shame on you shame on me
maybe its time for shame to leave
it's my neighbor again
he's bust through the door ...
screwed the pooch
prayed to the god of money
showered us with love and praise
in the land of milk and honey
we waited and we waited
for the money to fall
from a sky of amber waves
thought dancing with the devil
would get us what we need
the walls been breached
your souls been sold
for gold and rotted seed
i look to my neighbor
think to myself
does he bleed like i bleed
shame on you shame on me
maybe its time for shame to leave
it's my neighbor again
he's bust through the door ...
#culture
#dialogue
#tradition
83 reads
4 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
25th Feb 2025 7:00pm
25th Feb 2025 7:00pm
Lion's
Lion's debutants jesters and rakes
stained glass windows and childhood pranks
my masters come calling for a tithe to the king
in harmony now we all must sing
dance till tranced by fairies and fools
slitting the throat of all that they rule
death to us all into silence we sink
stained glass windows and childhood pranks
my masters come calling for a tithe to the king
in harmony now we all must sing
dance till tranced by fairies and fools
slitting the throat of all that they rule
death to us all into silence we sink
#choices
99 reads
2 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
22nd Feb 2025 1:36pm
22nd Feb 2025 1:36pm
Pharoah's
Put to the waters
not by a slave
choices are for the privileged
cake for the poor
climb from the rubble
of my mother's womb
looks as though my basket
made it to shore
is the blood on my hands yours
bastards in the blooming
make for uncomfortable truths
love a whisper in the winds
her touch a myth
gold and silver
hanging around your neck
shame her till eternal sleep
Pharoah's put us to the waters
standing on bones of my brothers and sisters
orphans and widows
kings and their greed ...
not by a slave
choices are for the privileged
cake for the poor
climb from the rubble
of my mother's womb
looks as though my basket
made it to shore
is the blood on my hands yours
bastards in the blooming
make for uncomfortable truths
love a whisper in the winds
her touch a myth
gold and silver
hanging around your neck
shame her till eternal sleep
Pharoah's put us to the waters
standing on bones of my brothers and sisters
orphans and widows
kings and their greed ...
#greed
120 reads
8 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
17th Feb 2025 12:57pm
17th Feb 2025 12:57pm
Move Along
A land that's been invaded
by hate and vitriol
waiting on a king
to fix the troubles
two babies in the backseat
shame on us
took too long
Detroit's cold in the winter
move along move along
someone's gotta get stepped on
move the fuck along
sell some pillows or apple cider vinegar
million likes on social media
this is how far we've come
on and on we keep ranting
as our world comes undone
but what you gonna do
if they don't pay yah
move along move along
peace be with you ...
by hate and vitriol
waiting on a king
to fix the troubles
two babies in the backseat
shame on us
took too long
Detroit's cold in the winter
move along move along
someone's gotta get stepped on
move the fuck along
sell some pillows or apple cider vinegar
million likes on social media
this is how far we've come
on and on we keep ranting
as our world comes undone
but what you gonna do
if they don't pay yah
move along move along
peace be with you ...
#anger
#grief
#hope #PopCulture
#hope #PopCulture
106 reads
4 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
26th Jan 2025 4:18pm
26th Jan 2025 4:18pm
Forty dollar salads
Take the money
its made of green
no need for water
it'll burn you clean
food in the blessing box
blistering scream
orphans and widows
take your money
holding out their hands
takers taking
cash my farm check subsidy
still who picks that lettuce
greed is greed
while you have a cocktail
in the Aruba sands
find no one there to climb the apple tree
oh……..now you drop your glass
its made of green
no need for water
it'll burn you clean
food in the blessing box
blistering scream
orphans and widows
take your money
holding out their hands
takers taking
cash my farm check subsidy
still who picks that lettuce
greed is greed
while you have a cocktail
in the Aruba sands
find no one there to climb the apple tree
oh……..now you drop your glass
#corruption
#greed
#poverty
61 reads
2 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
19th Nov 2024 5:25pm
19th Nov 2024 5:25pm
Steel Toe
Stumbled over my feet
when I went to make my stand
cut down to the quick
i guess i want to feel it
pain in these hands
five o'clock
the suns not up
coffee tin
which way is the wind
northbound today
I'll lace em up
till they dress me up
tied in my roots and dna
been with me for every step
my steel toes
when I went to make my stand
cut down to the quick
i guess i want to feel it
pain in these hands
five o'clock
the suns not up
coffee tin
which way is the wind
northbound today
I'll lace em up
till they dress me up
tied in my roots and dna
been with me for every step
my steel toes
#success
71 reads
3 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
2nd Jun 2024 3:28pm
2nd Jun 2024 3:28pm
In America
In America
has privilege poisoned us
contaminated the water
in our pipe dreams
driving us to hate our neighbors
cause the HOA said
you didn't trim your flowers right
In America
gold our false idol
pull up your boots
tie them up tight
it's all up to you
missed the bus couldn't pay the rent
living in a tent outside an abandoned school
In America
my sister has rules
row yourself up the river
cover your face bind your hands
walking through a street of fools
listen to the poor rich man...
has privilege poisoned us
contaminated the water
in our pipe dreams
driving us to hate our neighbors
cause the HOA said
you didn't trim your flowers right
In America
gold our false idol
pull up your boots
tie them up tight
it's all up to you
missed the bus couldn't pay the rent
living in a tent outside an abandoned school
In America
my sister has rules
row yourself up the river
cover your face bind your hands
walking through a street of fools
listen to the poor rich man...
#environment
#politics
#pollution
151 reads
6 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
23rd Oct 2023 1:52am
23rd Oct 2023 1:52am
Moonlight Hour
spent some time up on the coast
in the land of always been
up where the elk run among the cedars
the memory of your love in me
lake filled with pike
line full of hope
whispers through the trees
pain that was such a burden
sweat upon the brow
angry moonlight hour
water quenching thirst
ripples through my toes
as i stand along the shore
whatever i thought whatever i was
i am no more
in the land of always been
up where the elk run among the cedars
the memory of your love in me
lake filled with pike
line full of hope
whispers through the trees
pain that was such a burden
sweat upon the brow
angry moonlight hour
water quenching thirst
ripples through my toes
as i stand along the shore
whatever i thought whatever i was
i am no more
#humankind
185 reads
13 Comments
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