This week let’s write a virtuous poem. Did you know there are seven heavenly virtues to match the seven deadly sins? I find the sins more interesting but you should still post a righteous poem 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.
Living Poetry 
In case anyone needs a reference, the seven virtues are: • humility, • liberality, • chastity, • abstinence, • patience, • kindness, • diligence
There was a young girl who was kind
Her videos she would rewind
Technology never stays
VCRs went away
Now she’s old and she’s losing her mind
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Posted by JeanMarie | September 28, 2020, 3:10 PMLovely limerick!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | September 28, 2020, 4:45 PMAll those tapes… Nice one!
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Posted by Lisa Tomey | September 30, 2020, 9:42 PMThe Middle Finger to The Seven Virtues
Temperance rivals with yolo
Charity veils sinister corruption
Chastity cops technicality in the arse
Diligence finds no place in fast money
Humility runs a mile from self promotion
Patience means Amazon vs of Amazon Prime
Kindness shies away from publicised name and shame
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Posted by Cassa Bassa | September 30, 2020, 5:12 PMExcellent observations
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Posted by JeanMarie | September 30, 2020, 5:17 PMThank you!
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Posted by Cassa Bassa | September 30, 2020, 6:13 PMGreat work!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | September 30, 2020, 5:36 PMThank you!
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Posted by Cassa Bassa | September 30, 2020, 6:14 PMThis is a prize!
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Posted by Lisa Tomey | September 30, 2020, 9:40 PMThank you!
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Posted by Cassa Bassa | September 30, 2020, 10:51 PMBTW, I submitted to the Frontier Poetry. =)
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Posted by Cassa Bassa | September 30, 2020, 10:52 PMAwesome!!
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Posted by Lisa Tomey | October 1, 2020, 7:28 AMI watched the movie “7”
Of the ways to avoid heaven
My popcorn was wasted
It didn’t get tasted
All this on a date
With a good mate
As we left we were reeling in laughter
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Posted by Lisa Tomey | October 2, 2020, 4:03 PMHope that wasn’t a first date. Nice poem!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | October 2, 2020, 7:05 PM