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 one of the organizers of Living Poetry, a collection of poets and poetry lovers in the Triangle region of North Carolina. 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 makes money as a computer programmer to fund his poetry habit.
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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An anarchy limerick. Brilliant!
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It 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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A little late and very silly: https://bilocalalia.wordpress.com/2018/02/28/archless/
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No! Don’t take the Golden Arches!
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It’s just too much temptation for me!
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