This week let’s write a poem with the words memory, seven and holly in it. This is another of those prompts where I (somewhat) 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 | December 16, 2024, 12:13 PMLove the image of “Memories roll out the phone” like chunk change. (We’re probably the last generation who could make sense of that.) Thanks for sharing, Nolcha!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | December 16, 2024, 6:32 PMPay phones are a thing of the past. Now we have people getting hit by vehicles as they walk across the road, talking on their cell phones.
I like my elephants better.
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Posted by crazy4yarn2 | December 16, 2024, 8:12 PMHere’s mine:
https://bartbarkerpoet.com/2024/12/17/7-candles-i-light-for-christmas/
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | December 17, 2024, 10:44 PM