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
March
The lion and the lamb,
a march to a hill,
a ribbon of roses
I followed to you,
the blood and the spear.
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Posted by crazy4yarn2 | March 4, 2024, 9:19 AMI like that you got the month in there too. Well done!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | March 4, 2024, 8:14 PMThank you! Fun prompt!
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Posted by crazy4yarn2 | March 4, 2024, 8:19 PMTired of War
Looking so gentle,
wondering at the love your keeper gives,
knowing it’s a meal
but preferring the keeper’s tacit words more,
the companion also knows
its life is not at stake
for love has a way
of hiding pain with a word said
nothing to pay
there will come a day
Master Keeper will say,
Keeper, well done,
Gentle king, well done,
Little tiny one, well done.
–Annette K. Riddle
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Posted by Annette Riddle | March 5, 2024, 7:23 PMLovely. I especially liked the “for love has a way / of hiding pain with a words said” Thanks for sharing!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | March 5, 2024, 8:36 PM