This week let’s write an anarchy poem. Is it possible to write a form poem about anarchy? Would an anarchy sonnet even work? Post your answer 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.
A group of determined teens
like the world has never seen
gathered to foment anarchy
bring down the patriarchy
and melt guns into sewing machines.
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Posted by JeanMarie | February 27, 2018, 4:18 AMAn anarchy limerick. Brilliant!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | February 27, 2018, 8:30 AMIt occurred to me that a form poem on the subject of anarchy is a poetic oxymoron. I had to rise to the challenge.
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Posted by JeanMarie | February 27, 2018, 10:31 AMA little late and very silly: https://bilocalalia.wordpress.com/2018/02/28/archless/
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Posted by bilocalalia - talking about living in two places | February 28, 2018, 9:03 PMNo! Don’t take the Golden Arches!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | February 28, 2018, 9:50 PMIt’s just too much temptation for me!
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Posted by bilocalalia - talking about living in two places | March 1, 2018, 9:22 AM