We’re a few days from National Poetry Month, so let’s write a rest poem today then take it easy and recharge our batteries because starting Thursday we write a poem-a-day for the month of April.
I’ll be following the Write Better Poetry blog (formerly Poetic Asides) for daily prompts and I’m sure there are plenty of other sites who’ll be posting prompts too. In addition to your rest poem, put links to any places you’d recommend for daily prompts in the comments below.
The next post here will be a visual prompt to celebrate the merry month of May.
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 
Thank you for the link for April. I am going to try to write to a theme for April.
To finish out March like a lamb:
When life gets me down and I am tired
and hope seems too far for to reach
sometimes it is better to just snuggle
find a soft blanket and scent my pillow
with lavender for relaxation
leaning into the possibilities of nothing
allowing the mind to stop, reset, renew
before spring calls me forward from my rest
and so it goes that my muse will call me
when it is once again time to harvest
and enjoy honey in my tea of life
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Posted by Lisa Tomey | March 29, 2021, 12:43 PMLisa, Nice job. I love this line: leaning into the possibilities of nothing
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Posted by JeanMarie | March 29, 2021, 5:48 PMThank you! With my brain on standby, if feels just like that. A good nights sleep should reset.
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Posted by Lisa Tomey | March 29, 2021, 6:12 PMA very restful poem. Well done! Good luck with your themed April. Have you chosen the theme?
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | March 29, 2021, 7:10 PMThank you. Yes, I am going with a focus on supporting one another.
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Posted by Lisa Tomey | March 30, 2021, 7:36 AMI took your advice. I took a nap. But didn’t write a poem.
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Posted by JeanMarie | March 29, 2021, 5:48 PMI’m sure you napped poetically.
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | March 29, 2021, 7:11 PMHello, I’m joining you for the first time from Cincinnati.
I’m glad my sweater has a hood
to break the chilly winds of spring
branches are dancing with new buds
as the hillside gently sways in green
raising my eyes to squirrels leaping
from treetop to distant tree
everything is coming to life
right here in front of me
and I wonder where this was last week
when everything was dark and deep
with earth’s cold blanket wrapped up tight
for the last of winter is put to sleep
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Posted by Dennis Gray | March 31, 2021, 4:28 PMWelcome, Cincinnati! Thanks for sharing. I hope spring has finally taken hold there on the banks of the Ohio.
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | March 31, 2021, 6:13 PMOpening Day High of 39
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Posted by Dennis Gray | March 31, 2021, 9:14 PM