This will be the only Living Poetry prompt for April because it’s National Poetry Month and a lot of places are posting daily prompts to facilitate the April Poem-a-Day Challenge. I encourage you to follow NaPoWriMo or Write Better Poetry and join the fun. Even if you don’t share these poems-a-day, it is worthy practice and your poetry will improve. Two of my most anthologized poems started as April poems-a-day.
If you know of anyone else sending daily prompts, please mention them in the comments below and, of course, post your puddle-wonderful poem there too.
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 
how to beat the blues
on a dark and rainy day
jump in the puddles
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Posted by Jonathan Byrd | April 3, 2023, 9:32 AMHear! Hear!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | April 3, 2023, 8:26 PMThank you!
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Posted by Lisa Tomey-Zonneveld | April 3, 2023, 11:13 AMhttp://gypsieswritingmusingsquotesgripes.com/2023/04/03/no-more-puddles/
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Posted by Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris | April 3, 2023, 7:13 PMGreat little story!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | April 3, 2023, 8:30 PMThank you Bartholomew! Never did learn to color between the lines. 😇
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Posted by Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris | April 3, 2023, 9:05 PMJoy-kill Reality
Don’t fit in those boots no more
Forgot how to be joyful on the little things in life
Can’t blame the overgrown feet
It’s the fault of the grown-up mind
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Posted by Cassa Bassa | April 4, 2023, 4:48 PMExcellent! We all need to jump in more puddles.
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | April 4, 2023, 5:45 PMYes bring back childhood fearless innocence.
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Posted by Cassa Bassa | April 4, 2023, 5:49 PMLikeLike
Posted by Bartholomew Barker | April 7, 2023, 7:22 PMI present to you my contribution.
https://theinkwelljourney.blogspot.com/2023/04/puddle-wonderful-memories.html
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Posted by The Inkwell (Pankaj Kumar) | April 7, 2023, 7:48 PMLovely and rhyming. Well done!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | April 7, 2023, 8:19 PMYour words are like sunshine on a cloudy day,
They lift my spirits up in every way.
Thank you for taking time to read and appreciate,
Your kind words make my heart elate.
Here’s a heartfelt thank you from me to you,
For lifting my spirits with your kind review.
May your days be filled with beauty and light,
And your heart be filled with joy and delight.
Thank you! 😊
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Posted by The Inkwell (Pankaj Kumar) | April 7, 2023, 8:26 PMYou’re too kind. Keep up the good work.
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | April 7, 2023, 9:33 PM