Yesterday was the June solstice, the beginning of summer for poets in the northern hemisphere, so this week let’s write a summer poem. Post your sultry sonnets and torrid triolets in the comments below.
(If you’re in the southern hemisphere, feel free to compose a cold couplet or two.)
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 
I’m shivering tonight Bart .. brrrr… 2’C …
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Posted by ivor20 | June 21, 2021, 7:29 AMNo sympathy from me. Last winter we had plenty of nights well below freezing.
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | June 21, 2021, 8:38 PMWhoops .. here is a cold one …
“I opened the prompt link
While daytime flew by
I blinked and in a wink
Blue sky suddenly died
To a dull shade of zinc
And my icy quill shook awry
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Posted by ivor20 | June 21, 2021, 8:05 AMPoor Ivor! Love the sky as a shade of zinc. Great image!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | June 21, 2021, 8:39 PMThanks Bart .. I think that’s the plumber in me .. working on a cold zinc-alum roof in the middle of winter 🥶
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Posted by ivor20 | June 21, 2021, 8:57 PM😄
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Posted by Cassa Bassa | June 26, 2021, 4:59 AMI could feel the ice cold quill shaking in my hand. Well done. Put another log on the fire and warm up to those words. Great to see you on here.
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Posted by Lisa Tomey | June 22, 2021, 7:00 PMThank you Lisa .. and I was just talking about you this morning .. Today I applied for an “Event Presentation” show, at the Geelong Library, to promote my book “Tullawalla’, and how I became a writer .. “A Poet’s Journey”. and in my application/resume, I have place our ‘Poet Talk’ interview as an example of my media experiences … Yeah !!
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Posted by ivor20 | June 23, 2021, 12:17 AM🙂
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | June 21, 2021, 8:36 PMSummer calls me out
inward I draw from the heat
coolness is my friend
Once I dip into the pool
I will come to life again
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Posted by Lisa Tomey | June 22, 2021, 7:02 PMWell done! Love those cool moments in the heat of summer.
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | June 22, 2021, 7:46 PMThank you!
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Posted by Lisa Tomey | June 23, 2021, 10:05 AMJune 23, 2021
Some sagely writer once said
“July reveals the lie of Spring”
(or something to that effect)
But
Sometimes
Just sometimes
June can pull it off
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Posted by Chris Clarke | June 23, 2021, 12:55 PMVery nice! I had one of those perfect June days yesterday.
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | June 23, 2021, 5:05 PMhttp://flickerofthoughts.com/2021/06/26/a-half-winter-sonnet/
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Posted by Cassa Bassa | June 26, 2021, 4:58 AMThat definitely counts as a half-sonnet. (Semi-sonnet?)
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | June 26, 2021, 9:24 AMIt’s like half undone🤪😄
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Posted by Cassa Bassa | June 26, 2021, 10:07 AMHa! Then get back to work!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | June 26, 2021, 10:21 AM😨😄😁
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Posted by Cassa Bassa | June 26, 2021, 7:29 PM