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.
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