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Monday Poetry Prompt: Repetition

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This week let’s write a repetition poem. It could about something that repeats or it could use the poetic device. It could even be both. Post your repetitive poem in the comments below. But only once.

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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.

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19 thoughts on “Monday Poetry Prompt: Repetition”

  1. nolchafox's avatar

    Different Rooms

    Married so long, we talk from different rooms.
    Rooms are not loudspeakers.
    Loudspeakers would be good.
    Good dogs bark to aid our hearing.
    Hearing aids would be good to wear.
    Where are you now? What did you say?
    Say that you love me, that’s why we married.
    Married so long, we talk from different rooms.

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    Posted by nolchafox | August 14, 2023, 8:18 AM
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  2. Donncha's avatar

    To repeat: ‘All men are created equal’
    Even those who were bought and sold on the auction blocks
    Even those who find they are uncomfortable in their assigned gender.
    Even women – for, yes, that word ‘men’ meant all hu’men’ kind
    Even those who carry a label or love another physically just like them.
    Even the book-banners, the race-haters, the anti-semites and white supremacists
    Yes, to repeat: ‘All men are created equal’
    And to top it off – ‘they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights’
    Which, in spite of their actions, even the states of Florida and Texas cannot deny.
    Yes, to repeat: ‘All men are created equal’
    Say it now. Say it again. Over and over and over
    Until it truly becomes the law of our land.
    Until it truly rules all of our hearts, and minds, and hands
    Say it now, say it again.
    ‘All men are created equal’
    ‘All men are created equal’
    ‘All men are created equal’

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    Posted by Donncha | August 14, 2023, 8:58 AM
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  3. amyhadley2180751's avatar

    I love you

    saying it over & over & over again
    doesn’t make it so
    they’re just words after all
    as you never fail to remind me
    after you’ve discharged the weapon
    that is your mouth
    after I’ve failed to shield myself from the arrows
    of your vitriol
    after I’ve tiptoed through the minefield
    of your contempt
    they’re just words meaningless words
    no, saying it over & over & over again
    doesn’t make it so

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    Posted by amyhadley2180751 | August 14, 2023, 11:58 AM
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  4. DanielleM's avatar

    In the middle of an online session
    My laptop stopped
    Didn’t flutter, beep or flicker
    My laptop stopped
    Didn’t say I’ll see you later
    In the middle of an online session
    My laptop stopped
    My mouth dropped
    My heart sunk

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    Posted by DanielleM | August 14, 2023, 4:08 PM
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  6. Cassa Bassa's avatar

    LIFE IN REPETITION

    Everyday living
    on repeat
    like a copy machine
    steady pace
    never race

    Don’t ask me
    about happiness
    pleasure
    or joy
    They are luxury thoughts
    too radical
    for me

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    Posted by Cassa Bassa | August 15, 2023, 10:52 PM
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