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
He wore a rainbow wrist band
a rainbow medallion
a rainbow t-shirt may have been seen
proudly in Hotlanta
his stride covered the walkways
into the underground
yet overground
all night bar
and sought his rainbow dreams
when I saw him the next day
as I was afraid
his dreams were dismounted
and his rainbows lost their sparkle
but he is surely dancing
on colorful clouds
as rainbows are allowed
in a place
where love reigns
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Posted by Lisa Tomey | March 1, 2021, 7:40 PMLove the “his stride covered the walkways” Great work!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | March 1, 2021, 7:55 PMThank you!
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Posted by Lisa Tomey | March 1, 2021, 9:16 PMShe used to sing
“Red and Yellow and Pink and Green”
to me on rainy days
on the walk home from school
when we were second grade
I was a brave one
talking to a girl
but I thought this girl was worth
the risk of getting coodies
with all of our days together on earth passed
I watch her from not so afar
my love falling gently like the drizzle
that coats her splendid umbrella
a unheard reprise of that original love song
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Posted by Chris Clarke | March 1, 2021, 9:49 PMLove the line “my love falling gently like the drizzle” Great stuff. (I’ve always thought girls were worth the risk of cooties.)
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | March 1, 2021, 9:58 PMLovely piece and has a sing song to it.
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Posted by Lisa Tomey | March 2, 2021, 7:54 AMhttps://jeanmarieolivieri.wordpress.com/2021/03/02/umbrella-days/
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Posted by JeanMarie | March 2, 2021, 3:18 PMAgree with the poem. We could all use a better weather report. Get well soon.
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | March 2, 2021, 5:44 PM