Bartholomew Barker was born and raised in Ohio, studied in Chicago, worked in Connecticut for nearly twenty years before moving to Hillsborough, North Carolina where he makes money as a computer programmer to fund his poetry habit.
Thanks. Does it hold up in meaning without the picture? I’m always so literal with these things! ha ha! I suppose I could change the “wedding day” to “wedding cake”…
The somber ombre sky of fading summer storms
a grey echo of our wedding day
Stale and frozen cascading roses
a sickly-sweet reminder of the future
crushed before the buds ripened.
I leave the cake topper on your grave
Happy Anniversary Darling
He called her Rose Bud
Tasting the sweetness he loved
No longer weeping
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Posted by Lisa Tomey | June 4, 2019, 7:09 PMNice little haiku. Well done!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | June 4, 2019, 7:12 PMThank you!
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Posted by Lisa Tomey | June 4, 2019, 7:58 PMI like this. Plus, great use of the prompt as a jump off to something wholly different. Note to self: don’t be so literal!
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Posted by JeanMarie | June 10, 2019, 3:05 PMThanks!!
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Posted by Lisa Tomey | June 10, 2019, 8:28 PMThanks. Does it hold up in meaning without the picture? I’m always so literal with these things! ha ha! I suppose I could change the “wedding day” to “wedding cake”…
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Posted by JeanMarie | June 3, 2019, 9:48 PMYes, it totally works without the picture.
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | June 3, 2019, 10:03 PMThe somber ombre sky of fading summer storms
a grey echo of our wedding day
Stale and frozen cascading roses
a sickly-sweet reminder of the future
crushed before the buds ripened.
I leave the cake topper on your grave
Happy Anniversary Darling
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Posted by JeanMarie | June 3, 2019, 3:12 PMWow. That’s so sad. Great work!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | June 3, 2019, 7:56 PMAww so sadly sweet. Love it!
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Posted by Lisa Tomey | June 4, 2019, 7:58 PMThanks Lisa!
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Posted by JeanMarie | June 10, 2019, 3:06 PMThis is awesome
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Posted by Lizzi | June 10, 2019, 1:31 PMThanks Lizzi.
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Posted by JeanMarie | June 10, 2019, 3:06 PM