This week let’s write a poem where someone anticipates something. Anticipation can be a good thing, like awaiting the first star in the twilight, but dread could also be considered a form of anticipation. Let us know which path your poem takes by posting it in the comments below.
About Bartholomew Barker
Bartholomew Barker is an organizer of Living Poetry, where he has hosted monthly workshops 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 the Pushcart Prize in 2021, 2024 & 2025 as well as the Best of the Net Anthology in 2024. His work has appeared in The Lake, Autumn Sky Poetry Daily, Panoply, Tipton Poetry Journal, the Gyroscope Review and the Naugatuck River Review among others.
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Just posted my poem. https://bartbarker.wordpress.com/2017/12/18/hope/
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | December 18, 2017, 7:54 PMThanks for the idea! Here is a link to my poem:
https://bilocalalia.wordpress.com/2017/12/19/view-from-a-room/
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Posted by bilocalalia - talking about living in two places | December 19, 2017, 6:16 PM