Reminder: for April we’re following Robert Lee Brewer’s April Poem-a-day Challenge. This was yesterday’s prompt:
For today’s prompt, write a jealous poem. Maybe you’re jealous. Or maybe someone else is jealous of you–or someone else. Whether envious of another or suspicious of a partner, dive deep into this emotion today.
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.
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i love this prompt, and have a poem for it, it will just take it a few days to get posted. I’m not participating in the challenge, but I loved this prompt. Thanks.
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Posted by Violet Lentz | April 8, 2019, 7:26 AMYeah, I thought this was an interesting prompt too. Make sure to post a link here to your poem when you’re ready.
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | April 8, 2019, 9:02 AMHere’s my Jealousy poem: https://bartbarkerpoet.com/2019/04/07/jealousy/
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | April 8, 2019, 9:48 AMIs the land jealous of the sea?
Is the wind jealous of the tree?
Or is it only humans
with our sentience and short life spans
that desire what we cannot have?
We are like children in the grown-up cosmos:
petulant, silly and self-centered.
We learned too well
the lessons of Mount Olympus.
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Posted by JeanMarie | April 8, 2019, 4:57 PMGreat line “We are like children in the grown-up cosmos” though I might remove the “like”. Excellent poem!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | April 8, 2019, 5:18 PMOh yeah. That’ll make it stronger. Thanks for the compliment and the suggestion.
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Posted by JeanMarie | April 8, 2019, 6:11 PM