If you survived National Poetry Month, post a poem in the comments below.
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 
The early bird
gets the senior spaghetti special
at Luigi’s, 4 PM sharp.
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Posted by crazy4yarn2 | May 6, 2024, 9:29 AMNice one. Looks like they took it “to go”.
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | May 6, 2024, 7:59 PMI originally wrote it with meatballs, but they would be tough to carry in those tiny little beaks, ya’ know?
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Posted by crazy4yarn2 | May 7, 2024, 8:21 AMThere once was a bird with a view,
From its perch, it watched skies so blue.
With a gaze so profound,
It surveyed all around,
Dreaming of flights it could pursue.
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Posted by Fay Ann Swearing | May 6, 2024, 2:43 PMA lovely limerick. Thanks for sharing!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | May 6, 2024, 8:00 PMI love the idea of a bird’s pursuits…
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Posted by Possiblissity | May 6, 2025, 7:05 PMWelcome back!
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Posted by Lisa Tomey-Zonneveld | May 6, 2024, 3:52 PMThank you and thanks for your daily prompts in April!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | May 6, 2024, 8:01 PM🌿https://melissalemay.wordpress.com/2024/05/07/a-moment/
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Posted by Melissa Lemay | May 7, 2024, 5:07 PMVery nice. I especially like the “wrapped in mist / and memory” Well done!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | May 7, 2024, 8:00 PMWainscote
A bit overdressed,
he ate raw meat with
relish and a song.
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Posted by Tina Opines | May 7, 2025, 11:00 AMHa! Nice one. Thanks for writing to last year’s prompt!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | May 7, 2025, 6:35 PMPlaying catch up, it seems -:)
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Posted by Tina Opines | May 7, 2025, 6:51 PM