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.
Carnival
The flowers on the bush line up
to ride the Ferris wheel.
They comb their yellow
hair with clouds,
and black eyes dance
with sunshine.
They plan to stay
right where they are
til someone comes to prune them.
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Posted by crazy4yarn2 | July 1, 2024, 7:56 PMLovely! Excellent use of the visual prompt!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | July 2, 2024, 11:12 AMThank you, Bartholomew!
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Posted by crazy4yarn2 | July 2, 2024, 3:32 PM“They comb their yellow / hair with clouds.”
Beautiful line
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Posted by JeanMarie | July 5, 2024, 5:01 AMThank you, Jeanmarie!
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Posted by crazy4yarn2 | July 5, 2024, 8:27 AMWe both wrote about the eyes of the flowers.🌻❤️
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Posted by Melissa Lemay | July 5, 2024, 11:32 AMGreat minds think alike, Melissa!
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Posted by crazy4yarn2 | July 5, 2024, 12:42 PM🎡https://melissalemay.wordpress.com/2024/07/05/sunflower-spins/
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Posted by Melissa Lemay | July 5, 2024, 9:27 AMGreat use of the prompt, Melissa!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | July 5, 2024, 11:31 AMPublished! https://medium.com/https-prolificpulse-blog/carnival-08e0f46876be?sk=bd4766725892254189486c8b5bd5b6d9
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Posted by crazy4yarn2 | July 6, 2024, 6:27 PMWell done!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | July 7, 2024, 3:56 AM