About Bartholomew Barker
Bartholomew Barker is one of the organizers of Living Poetry, a collection of poets and poetry lovers in the Triangle region of North Carolina. 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 makes money as a computer programmer to fund his poetry habit.
Living Poetry
animals shiver
in hovels, lone leopard pads
through green, snow-chilled trees
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Posted by Steve Croft | January 6, 2020, 10:48 AMVery nice.
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | January 6, 2020, 4:45 PMNicely done!
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Posted by Lisa Tomey | January 7, 2020, 4:41 PMThe Leopard’s Prayers
My ancestors in heaven
snow king be your name
Your kingdom come
your will be done
in winter as it is in other seasons
Give me this day my daily prey
and protect me from my predators
as I also have protected my cubs
And lead me not into desolation
but deliver me from famine
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Posted by Cassa Bassa | January 7, 2020, 6:27 AMThis is great and beautifully done.
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Posted by NoblemanWarrior | January 7, 2020, 12:55 PMThank you..🤗
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Posted by Cassa Bassa | January 7, 2020, 2:08 PMLovely flow
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Posted by Lisa Tomey | January 7, 2020, 4:41 PMHaha copy cat luck 😁
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Posted by Cassa Bassa | January 7, 2020, 4:43 PMHEEHEE
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Posted by Lisa Tomey | January 7, 2020, 5:32 PMExcellent adaption!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | January 7, 2020, 4:59 PM* The Leopard’s Prayer (typo error correction)
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Posted by Cassa Bassa | January 7, 2020, 6:38 AMI love that one Cassa!
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Posted by JeanMarie | January 7, 2020, 10:16 AMThank you JeanMarie
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Posted by Cassa Bassa | January 7, 2020, 4:59 PMflurries quietly
touching noses while paws press
crisp, crunchy, icy
nature’s floor of wintry pad
coolness warms the leopard’s heart
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Posted by Lisa Tomey | January 7, 2020, 4:45 PMThis is very sweet Lisa
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Posted by Cassa Bassa | January 7, 2020, 5:00 PMThank you!
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Posted by Lisa Tomey | January 7, 2020, 5:31 PMExcellent sounds in there. Well done!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | January 7, 2020, 5:01 PMThank you!
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Posted by Lisa Tomey | January 7, 2020, 5:31 PMNice one Lisa.
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Posted by JeanMarie | January 7, 2020, 9:59 PMThank You!
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Posted by Lisa Tomey | January 8, 2020, 6:13 AMleopard crossing trail
of snow through cedars, wolves’ eyes
watch with hunger, fear
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Posted by steve Croft | January 9, 2020, 1:07 PMNice little Haiku!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | January 9, 2020, 6:22 PMyesterday,
freezing winter seemed so far away
now my chilly cubs refuse to play
oh I believe in yesterday
suddenly,
I’m not half the cat I used to be
so many hares are white and hard to see
oh yesterday came suddenly
why my toes are froze, I don’t know
the sky is gray
my cave is cold, so I search
for yesterday
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Posted by Steve Croft | January 10, 2020, 11:32 AMWow. Didn’t expect that!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | January 10, 2020, 4:30 PM