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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 
I love you, dear I
love you too, bone of my bone
as they snuggled by
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Posted by Chris Clarke | October 7, 2024, 8:17 AMLovely!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | October 7, 2024, 6:57 PM💀https://melissalemay.wordpress.com/2024/10/07/sifting/
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Posted by Melissa Lemay | October 7, 2024, 10:52 AMNicely done. Thanks for sharing!
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Posted by crazy4yarn2 | October 7, 2024, 12:39 PMLove the line “fished for truth instead of love”. Well done!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | October 7, 2024, 7:05 PMThank you so much!
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