Bartholomew Barker is one of the organizers of Living Poetry, a collection of poets and poetry lovers in the Triangle region of North Carolina. 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.
They were innocence
All naivety and guileless charm
They knew no better life
Had no remembrance
Of anything that wasn’t this.
The isle held their secrets,
Childhood games
of survival
A life imperfect
With no compare.
Here they’d grown
Not hiding from each other
No knowledge, no shame
No needing to atone
Just a natural order.
The surf as much their home
As their shore-bound shelter
The birds their playmates,
The fish caught in water’s foam
Their sustenance
Found in one another.
Waves gushed into the unknown
Known selves trudged forward into the uncertain
Sandy shores slurred with rushing, salty waves
Waving back to life’s lonely shores
Sure to find an everlasting place
Placed hands together and prayed
Prayers united for a solemn space
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They were innocence
All naivety and guileless charm
They knew no better life
Had no remembrance
Of anything that wasn’t this.
The isle held their secrets,
Childhood games
of survival
A life imperfect
With no compare.
Here they’d grown
Not hiding from each other
No knowledge, no shame
No needing to atone
Just a natural order.
The surf as much their home
As their shore-bound shelter
The birds their playmates,
The fish caught in water’s foam
Their sustenance
Found in one another.
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Very nice! I get a Blue Lagoon vibe, without the incest. Thanks for sharing!
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Thank you!
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Wouldn’t it be paradise!
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Yes, it would! Thank you Lisa.
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Waves gushed into the unknown
Known selves trudged forward into the uncertain
Sandy shores slurred with rushing, salty waves
Waving back to life’s lonely shores
Sure to find an everlasting place
Placed hands together and prayed
Prayers united for a solemn space
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Very nice. Love the sandy shores slurred with rushing salty waves line. Great work!
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Thank you!
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