This week let’s write a taking poem. Next week will be all about giving, so let’s focus on its inverse. There are so many things we take: notes, pictures, care, advantage, for granted. Give us your poem 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 
Then and Forever
it was always
in the spring rain
you took my hand
and ran towards the pear blossoms
our stumbling footsteps
shook the petals
they snowed landing on my hair
you took them off piece by piece
when I looked up
to your concerning eyes
raindrops threaded through
such delicate lashes
you took my breath away
oh how I wished
for the rest of our life
I would take your name
to be mine
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Posted by Cassa Bassa | December 16, 2019, 8:13 AMBeautiful!
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Posted by Lisa Tomey | December 16, 2019, 8:53 AMThank you Lisa!
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Posted by Cassa Bassa | December 16, 2019, 2:16 PMI agree with Lisa
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Posted by Steve Croft | December 16, 2019, 10:20 AMThank you Steve!
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Posted by Cassa Bassa | December 16, 2019, 2:18 PMGreat stuff. Love the petals snowed line.
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | December 16, 2019, 4:41 PMThank you!
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Posted by Cassa Bassa | December 16, 2019, 4:50 PMTaking your picture
Getting the best shot ever
Capturing that look
The one that shows you’re all in
Developing forever
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Posted by Lisa Tomey | December 16, 2019, 8:53 AMGreat ending.
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | December 16, 2019, 4:42 PMThank you!
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Posted by Lisa Tomey | December 16, 2019, 4:58 PMthe ‘developing forever’ brought it home! 👍
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Posted by Cassa Bassa | December 18, 2019, 5:54 AM