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
Shucking Worms
The fish are waiting eagerly
to taste their daily treat.
They shuck the worms
we throw to them
so we can watch them eat.
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Posted by nolchafox | September 4, 2023, 8:45 AMFeeding others is hard work!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | September 4, 2023, 3:55 PMThe golden sheep passed
Each dreadlock precious indeed
For some remember
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Posted by Chris Clarke | September 4, 2023, 9:42 PMA lovely haiku. Well done!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | September 4, 2023, 10:41 PMMany hands make light work
Unless the switch is broken
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Posted by JeanMarie | September 6, 2023, 10:35 PMHa! Nice one.
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | September 6, 2023, 11:31 PMThank. It’s more of a bon mott than a poem but it popped into my head and I shared,
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Posted by JeanMarie | September 7, 2023, 12:28 AM