This week let’s write a poem with the words change, deal and extreme in it. This is another of those prompts where I randomly choose three words from a list of the top 1000 words in the English language plus a few of my favorites. Since I couldn’t come up with a good image for those three words, here’s a picture of a cat in a Halloween costume. 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.
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Great prompts Bartholomew!
http://gypsieswritingmusingsquotesgripes.com/2023/05/15/unsolicited/
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Posted by Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris | May 15, 2023, 10:50 AMI’m proud to have played a small part in this poem. Love the “dissolve acidly” and the “breaks the fragile threads” lines.
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | May 15, 2023, 8:05 PMThank you Bartholomew. You are a great mentor and inspiration. 😊
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Posted by Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris | May 15, 2023, 8:08 PMLikeLiked by 1 person
Posted by Susan St.Pierre | May 15, 2023, 2:57 PMExcellent use of the prompt. Thanks for sharing!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | May 15, 2023, 8:10 PMMy pleasure. 😊🌞
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Posted by Susan St.Pierre | May 15, 2023, 8:12 PMEmbracing Change
In the realm of life’s ceaseless range,
We navigate the winds of change,
Confronting challenges, big and small,
Adapting to them, one and all.
With each new day, a different deal,
We find our strength, we learn to heal,
Embracing shifts, both subtle and bold,
For in change’s embrace, we unfold.
Sometimes we face extremes so vast,
Testing our will, pushing us fast,
But within those trials, we find our might,
And emerge transformed, shining bright.
So let us embrace life’s shifting tide,
With open hearts, we shall abide,
For in change’s dance, we truly see,
The power of growth and possibility.
https://theinkwelljourney.blogspot.com/2023/05/embracing-change-the-power-of-growth-and-possibility.html
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Posted by The Inkwell (Pankaj Kumar) | May 15, 2023, 7:34 PMVery impressed with the rhyming on short notice. Thank for sharing!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | May 15, 2023, 8:18 PMChange the climate. Go!
Deal with the cost of success
Weather to the extreme
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Posted by Chris Clarke | May 22, 2023, 12:47 PMSuccess for a few, extreme weather for all. Well done!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | May 22, 2023, 7:10 PM