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.
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