
Here’s a visual poetry prompt courtesy of JeanMarie Olivieri. Let it inspire then post your poem 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.
Just posted my poem. https://bartbarker.wordpress.com/2018/02/05/womanizer/
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | February 5, 2018, 8:11 PMGive me all the credit you want for the picture. Just don’t blame me for that poem. Ha! 🙂
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Posted by JeanMarie | February 6, 2018, 4:55 AMToo nutty. Too sweet.
Too sticky. Too neat.
I like men like I like chocolate.
Toothsome and bitter.
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Posted by JeanMarie | February 6, 2018, 4:59 AMExcellent work! Love the word “toothsome”.
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | February 6, 2018, 10:28 AM