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July Visual Poetry Prompt

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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.

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13 thoughts on “July Visual Poetry Prompt

  1. crazy4yarn2's avatar

    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 PM

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