This week let’s write an unacceptable poem. The poem itself needs to be acceptable, assuming we want to get published, but the subject does not. Post your unacceptable response in the comments below.
About Bartholomew Barker
Bartholomew Barker is an organizer of Living Poetry, where he has hosted monthly workshops 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 the Pushcart Prize in 2021, 2024 & 2025 as well as the Best of the Net Anthology in 2024. His work has appeared in The Lake, Autumn Sky Poetry Daily, Panoply, Tipton Poetry Journal, the Gyroscope Review and the Naugatuck River Review among others.
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Just posted my unacceptable poem: https://bartbarkerpoet.com/2020/08/24/unacceptable/
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | August 24, 2020, 9:08 PMhttps://prolificpulse.blog/2020/08/26/meet-me-in-the-middle/ I mixed things up this week!
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Posted by Lisa Tomey | August 26, 2020, 12:53 PMVery nice.
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | August 26, 2020, 5:27 PMThank you!
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Posted by Lisa Tomey | August 26, 2020, 6:31 PMbetween pauses only long enough for breath
spewing lies and venom and discord
encoded in words used
coursing through our times
they want to order this place
like 1954 or 68 or 89
as unacceptable as always
like 1956 and countless other days
we are called out of silence
with our tools and talent
with chisels or ink or magnetic bits
to restate an acceptable thanksgiving
for all unacceptable times
for today and forever if needed
especially for those who have never thought to wield a chisel
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Posted by Chris Clarke | August 27, 2020, 10:59 AMLove the “chisels or ink or magnetic bits” line.
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | August 27, 2020, 10:27 PM