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, a collection of poets in the Triangle region of North Carolina where he has hosted a monthly feedback workshop 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 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 lives and writes poetry.
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