Yesterday, I hosted a Germination Workshop where seven poets wrote nine poems each over two hours. Our final prompt was a round robin poetry on demand where we each thought of a word and gave it to the poet on our left. I offered the word “French Fries” and got the word “Chromatic”. Feel free to write to either (or both!) and post your work in the comments 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.
Living Poetry 
white like hope
white like a wedding cake
white like the holy ghost
white like a snow frosted
frozen lake
black like darkness
black like a collapsed sun
black like despair’s harness
black eye from looking
down the barrel of a gun
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Posted by Steve Croft | January 28, 2019, 11:29 AMp.s. thought to add a title…
a-chromatic view
white like hope
white like a wedding cake
white like the holy ghost
white like a snow frosted
frozen lake
black like darkness
black like a collapsed sun
black like despair’s harness
black eye from looking
down the barrel of a gun
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Posted by Steve Croft | January 28, 2019, 11:59 AMThis is great Steve!
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Posted by JeanMarie | January 28, 2019, 2:51 PMAgreed. Very nice. Thanks for contributing!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | January 28, 2019, 7:28 PMI just posted the poem I wrote during the workshop to my blog. http://bartbarkerpoet.com/2019/01/28/chromatic/
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | January 28, 2019, 7:27 PMWith a liberal dose of inspiration from my fellow poets… cough….
Hey Billy Idol, sing it out loud
cause it is a nice day for a white wedding
cake. Give me traditional white flowers
piled on three tiers of delicate lace designs
piped in white royal icing, like the princess
I want to be.
Hey Billy Idol, now will you marry me?
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Posted by JeanMarie | January 28, 2019, 10:45 PMIf you had the chance, you could ask him to dance. He’s probably just dancing with himself.
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | January 28, 2019, 11:01 PMLOL!!!!
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Posted by JeanMarie | January 28, 2019, 11:04 PMWith inspiration from JeanMarie…(wink)
Hey Simon & Garfunkel
Lend me your Nikon camera
to make a color panorama
all the green dresses of summer
the soft blue skies above her
Lend me your sweet imagination
your harmonies of persuasion
to make a rainbow bridge of bright
troubled waters turned crystal light
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Posted by Steve Croft | January 30, 2019, 12:15 PMExcellent work. Like a boxer’s precise punches.
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | January 30, 2019, 8:59 PMThanks
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Posted by Steve Croft | January 31, 2019, 9:50 AM