This week let’s write a favor poem. Have you ever done someone a favor or had one done for you? How’d it turn out? Be careful what you wish for and post your poem in the comments below.
(I couldn’t find a good stock image for “favor” so here’s a dog in a Halloween sweater.)
About Bartholomew Barker
Bartholomew Barker is an organizer of Living Poetry, where he has hosted monthly workshops 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 the Pushcart Prize in 2021, 2024 & 2025 as well as the Best of the Net Anthology in 2024. His work has appeared in The Lake, Autumn Sky Poetry Daily, Panoply, Tipton Poetry Journal, the Gyroscope Review and the Naugatuck River Review among others.
Do me a favor
leave that sweater on the shelf
I am not a pumpkin
or an elf
just in case
holidays are your jam
I am a dog
who likes his toys
give me the stuffed squirrel
instead
Signed, Ruff
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Posted by Lisa Tomey | October 10, 2022, 7:38 AMCute and to the point!
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Posted by ts19page | October 10, 2022, 12:03 PMHa! Love it! Didn’t mean for that poor pup to be part of the prompt but you incorporated him well.
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | October 10, 2022, 7:08 PMPeople disappoint and assume
paying concern with favor
a currency in fashion
just so the give and take,
their lives, their hearts, feelings
remain worthy of transactions
in a soulless marketplace where
friendships are sold
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Posted by utopicdystopian | October 10, 2022, 8:02 AMThey sure do. Well done. Thanks for sharing and welcome the Prompt!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | October 10, 2022, 7:11 PMDeeply and profoundly true.
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Posted by Lisa Tomey | October 11, 2022, 7:29 AMLikeLiked by 2 people
Posted by Bartholomew Barker | October 10, 2022, 8:03 PMOh, good one!
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Posted by Lisa Tomey | October 11, 2022, 7:27 AMSlow and long
I grilled the meat
Marinated for three days
with salt, smoke and heat
I would favor
a more tender cut
she said with mouthful
of the freshly sliced butt
You’ll need to try
this tender heart
still beating strong
you know my best part
With the sun now set
behind the grill
White clouds tinged red
in the alpenglow above the hill
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Posted by Chris Clarke | October 19, 2022, 5:50 PMWell done! I especially liked the third stanza.
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | October 19, 2022, 7:00 PM