Hope everyone had a good National Poetry Month and completed the April Poem-A-Day Challenge. Apologies for not reposting the Poetic Asides prompt as promised.
This month’s visual prompt (courtesy JeanMarie) is above so post your poems 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 
Welcome back! Cool prompt 😊
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Posted by Lisa Tomey | May 4, 2020, 7:17 AMFreedom from Brokenness
This phone
was my last defense to
not letting you go
It has been 5 years
since we last spoke
last smiled
last touched
last kissed
This phone
stored our love
our life together
Today
I chose to live on
without you
without us
So
I break our tie
to set both of us free
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Posted by Cassa Bassa | May 4, 2020, 9:27 PMGreat work!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | May 4, 2020, 10:28 PMThanks! 😊
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Posted by Cassa Bassa | May 4, 2020, 10:42 PMExcellent!
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Posted by Lisa Tomey | May 5, 2020, 7:17 AM😊
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Posted by Cassa Bassa | May 5, 2020, 7:24 AMYou stare with your cracked grin
much like a Cheshire cat
let’s see how deadness feels
when you’re discarded
in the recycle bin
I’ll keep the memory chip
and grind it in my workshop
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Posted by Lisa Tomey | May 5, 2020, 7:22 AMLove the Cheshire cat simile.
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | May 5, 2020, 12:15 PMThanks!
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Posted by Lisa Tomey | May 5, 2020, 8:24 PM