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Monday Poetry Prompt: Island

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This week let’s write an island poem. The poem can be set on an island, mention an island or use an island as a metaphor for something. No peninsulas! Post your insular poem in the comments below.

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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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12 thoughts on “Monday Poetry Prompt: Island”

  1. crazy4yarn2's avatar

    Escape

    Take me to that place
    where I’m perpetually thin
    and I wear designer clothes
    and one dog didn’t poop
    behind the designer dining
    room table where the maid
    didn’t find it for several days
    and the other dog didn’t barf
    on the designer chair last night.

    But this is Escape Island.
    I’ll have to wait to fire the maid
    until she cleans up the poop
    and the designer chair.
    Then I have to fire the dogs.
    All while I have a hangover
    from a three-day party
    on my yacht.

    This doesn’t sound like
    much of an escape.

    Does it?

    to be published in Medusa’s Kitchen July 2024

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    Posted by crazy4yarn2 | June 24, 2024, 10:36 AM
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  2. JeanMarie's avatar

    what do you have against peninsulars?

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    Posted by JeanMarie | June 25, 2024, 8:46 AM
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  3. Melissa Lemay's avatar

    Totally left out the ‘poetry’ part of your prompt, so made it into a haibun. Hope you love it! https://melissalemay.wordpress.com/2024/06/25/mining-for-gold/

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    Posted by Melissa Lemay | June 25, 2024, 1:23 PM
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  5. Chico’s Mom's avatar

    Thank you 💕

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    Posted by Chico’s Mom | June 29, 2024, 11:21 AM
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