This week let’s write a poem with the words political, sharp and wonder in it. This is another of those prompts where I randomly choose three words from a list of the top 1000 words in the English language plus a few of my favorites. Post your poems in the comments below.
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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Posted by A. Haze🌹 | May 21, 2024, 11:59 AMLove the goosebumps! Thanks for sharing.
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | May 21, 2024, 7:00 PMit’s no wonder that
sharp tweets cause a lot of deaths
political farce
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Posted by Chris Clarke | May 21, 2024, 3:49 PMNice haiku and use of the prompt!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | May 21, 2024, 7:01 PMhttps://bartbarkerpoet.com/2024/05/21/poetectomy/
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | May 21, 2024, 11:10 PMReally liked that one, Bart.
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Posted by Chris Clarke | May 23, 2024, 3:23 PMThank you, Chris.
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | May 23, 2024, 6:52 PM