This week let’s write a poem with the words air, certain and raise in it. This is another of those prompts where I randomly choose three words from a list of the top 1100 words in the English language. Post your poems in the comments below.
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 
she breathed in the air
certain that her day would be
a good one to ask
for a raise, since she deserved
to have reward for her work
her boss arrived late
this was a bad sign, for sure
as this always meant
a fuss with his wife, and then
he would be in a sour state
pushing air from lungs
she sat back in her office chair
tapped out her request
for a raise, certain that the
cloud would lift from his bad mood
she gave her request
he reviewed it, with a frown
that’s when he noticed
the warmth of the bright sunbeam
smiling, he gave approval
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Posted by Lisa Tomey | May 17, 2021, 8:17 AMThat’s a great boss, where did she find him?
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Posted by Cassa Bassa | May 17, 2021, 5:45 PMDisneyland, I think…
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Posted by Lisa Tomey | May 18, 2021, 7:18 AM😄
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Posted by Cassa Bassa | May 18, 2021, 4:59 PMVery nice. Wish I had a boss like that.
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | May 17, 2021, 7:12 PMThanks, don’t we all…
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Posted by Lisa Tomey | May 18, 2021, 7:17 AMMonday Poetry Prompt
We all waited patiently
Not knowing what to expect
Time passed on, slowly,
Anticipating what would happen
As the clock’s big hand hit the 12
I felt the air raise for certain
It actually tightened
When he walked in the door.
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Posted by purplestoneblog | May 17, 2021, 12:03 PMOh, I could feel the tension.
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Posted by Lisa Tomey | May 17, 2021, 2:28 PMThe magician moment, I felt.
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Posted by Cassa Bassa | May 17, 2021, 5:46 PMHigh Noon! Nicely done.
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | May 17, 2021, 7:14 PMMidnight!
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Posted by JeanMarie | May 18, 2021, 2:50 AMDanger Will Robinson!
WWUS42 KRAH 071936
WSWRAH
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
236 PM EST THU JAN 7 2022
…WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A WINTER STORM WARNING…
– NCZ041-172000-
WAKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF RALEIGH, CARY, APEX, WAKE FOREST AND KNIGHTDALE
…WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM FRIDAY TO 8 PM EST SUNDAY…
I scurry to find the latest Area Forecast Discussion
000
FXUS62 KRAH 071255
AFDRAH
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1255 PM EST THU JAN 7 2022
.SYNOPSIS…
AN HISTORIC WINTER STORM IS SETTING UP FOR THE AREA. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH SUNDAY MIDDAY. SKIES WILL CLEAR FOR THE WORK WEEK BUT TEMPS ARE FORECAST REMIN BITTERLY COLD.
.NEAR TERM /TODAY AND TONIGHT/…
CLOUDS WILL INCREASE FROM SW TO NE AS THE BACKDOOR COLD FRONT PASSES SOUTH OF THE CWA. WITH A SUPPLY OF COLD DRY AIR FROM A 1044MB HIGH LOCATED OVER QUEBEC INGREDIENTS ARE SETTING UP FOR MAJOR WINTER EVENT.
This looks interesting…
Scanning down further…
… PRECIPTABLE WATER VALUES FORECAST TO BE > 3σ ABOVE NORMAL …
… 145K JET STREAK …
… DYNAMICS RAISE THE POSSIBILITY OF A STORM SIMILAR TO JANUARY 2000 …
… WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55MPH …
… REGARDLESS OF THE FINAL ACCUMULATION, THIS IS CERTAIN TO BE A MEMORIAL EVENT …
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I look out the window
Leaden sky that says snow
Cries of “We need milk and bread!” unleashed across the neighborhood
as cars leave their driveways for store shelves already empty
I sit in my chair
Look at the fire
and wait for flakes to fly
in this incarnations only flight
to their beautiful common grave
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Posted by Chris Clarke | May 17, 2021, 2:10 PMOoooh…. suspenseful!
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Posted by Lisa Tomey | May 17, 2021, 2:29 PMLove those last two lines.
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | May 17, 2021, 7:17 PMhands raised in the air
music and booze makes them dance
hookups are certain
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Posted by JeanMarie | May 18, 2021, 3:00 AMFor sure and for certain!
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Posted by Lisa Tomey | May 18, 2021, 7:19 AMParty!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | May 18, 2021, 6:58 PMThis piece needs the image to make sense, here is the link:
http://flickerofthoughts.com/2021/05/19/the-three-sisters/
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Posted by Cassa Bassa | May 18, 2021, 10:04 AMI’m not sure the image is necessary. I think your poetry stands on its own.
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | May 18, 2021, 7:03 PMI think it gives the context of the Three Sisters is an actual scenic view of Australia landscape. I often feel I am saying enough in the poem for the reader to get where I am coming from. An over explianing tendency, haha
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Posted by Cassa Bassa | May 18, 2021, 7:05 PMIt is a lovely photo.
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | May 18, 2021, 7:10 PMThis was a lovely bllog post
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Posted by Lance | December 21, 2022, 12:25 AM