This week let’s write a poem with the words okay, Plath and wage 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, like Plath, as in Sylvia. 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.
Living Poetry 
https://nolchafox2.wixsite.com/nolcha-s-written-wor/post/waging-art
LikeLiked by 2 people
Posted by crazy4yarn2 | September 16, 2024, 9:46 AMExcellent! I always love a good tattoo poem, especially with a dark ending.
LikeLike
Posted by Bartholomew Barker | September 16, 2024, 7:06 PMThanks so much! Sylvia Plath’s life kept the tone dark.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Posted by crazy4yarn2 | September 16, 2024, 8:47 PMhttps://bartbarkerpoet.com/2024/09/16/goodbye-cruel-world-etc/
LikeLike
Posted by Bartholomew Barker | September 16, 2024, 9:53 PMHere’s mine. https://melissalemay.wordpress.com/2024/09/22/in-the-earth/
LikeLiked by 1 person
Posted by Melissa Lemay | September 22, 2024, 9:19 AMPowerful stuff. I love that you started with rabbits. Very Watership Downy.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Posted by Bartholomew Barker | September 22, 2024, 10:51 AMYes! That’s what I was thinking.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Posted by Melissa Lemay | September 22, 2024, 11:19 AM