This week let’s write a poem with the words study, imagine and again in it. This is another of those prompts where I randomly choose three words from a list of the top 1000 words in the English language plus a few of my favorites. Post your poems in the comments below.
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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Posted by crazy4yarn2 | August 19, 2024, 2:28 PMLove the metaphor! Very well done. (BTW, this page was extremely slow to load. The first time I tried it just showed me a blank page, the second took a couple of minutes to show me the poem & pic.
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | August 19, 2024, 8:14 PMThanks for enjoying the poem, and for letting me know about the slow loading. I wish I had a better idea why.
When I bring it up as a post, it came up right away. Maybe it depends on the network traffic and weather gods?
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Posted by crazy4yarn2 | August 19, 2024, 8:53 PMYeah, don’t worry about it. Just tried again and it was fine.
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | August 19, 2024, 9:16 PMstudy the faces
and imagine them when they
lose, lose, lose again
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Posted by Chris Clarke | August 22, 2024, 8:54 AMA touching little haiku. Thanks, Chris!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | August 22, 2024, 8:28 PMI decided to write a haiku for this week’s prompt:
Slumber ends again.
Imagine what can happen.
Dream, study and grow.
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Posted by Charles Gregory M | August 23, 2024, 4:16 PMCharming! Thanks for sharing, Charles!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | August 23, 2024, 7:54 PMhttps://melissalemay.wordpress.com/2024/08/23/breathe/
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Posted by Melissa Lemay | August 23, 2024, 11:28 PMGreat work! You put the stanza break in the perfect spot.
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | August 24, 2024, 12:20 AMThanks!🙏🏻
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Posted by Melissa Lemay | August 24, 2024, 8:29 AMSHADORMA
imagine
studying again
oh no way
not for me
did not enjoy my student years
have been there done that
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Posted by Rall | March 31, 2025, 7:36 AMHa! Nice one.
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | March 31, 2025, 7:27 PM