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.
Living Poetry 
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Posted by Melissa Lemay | August 5, 2024, 11:53 AMNicely done. Thanks for sharing!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | August 5, 2024, 7:10 PMA little off-kilter, but here you go:
Thugs
Subtlety goes out for coffee when he opens up his mouth.
No one wants to die from a stampede of thoughtless blurts.
Imagination never thought to open up his eyes.
Shades of gray he cannot see.
Prejudice and naivete beat him black and blue.
He’s a victim of his own thoughts.
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Posted by crazy4yarn2 | August 5, 2024, 12:07 PMExcellent! I especially liked the stampede of thoughtless blurts. Thanks, Nolcha!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | August 5, 2024, 7:12 PMThank you so much!
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Posted by crazy4yarn2 | August 6, 2024, 8:23 PMHeart clad in amour
I could never tell if
eyes staring up and over horizons
everything beneath
remaining but the dirt under your feet
Ready for battle
ready for rage
but never
never
ready for love
the true conqueror of all
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Posted by DanielleM | August 5, 2024, 1:03 PMLovely, Danielle! Thanks for sharing.
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | August 5, 2024, 7:13 PMImaginative! Well done!
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Posted by crazy4yarn2 | August 6, 2024, 8:24 PM