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About Bartholomew Barker
Bartholomew Barker is an organizer of Living Poetry, where he has hosted monthly workshops 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 the Pushcart Prize in 2021, 2024 & 2025 as well as the Best of the Net Anthology in 2024. His work has appeared in The Lake, Autumn Sky Poetry Daily, Panoply, Tipton Poetry Journal, the Gyroscope Review and the Naugatuck River Review among others.
Living Poetry 
The scent, carried on a breath of wind, invisible, a thread pulled taut.
Nose to the damp earth, following the ghost of a memory not yet lived.
Learning the language of the world that predates even him.
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Posted by Taylor W Mills | January 6, 2025, 10:44 AMBrilliant! Love the “ghost of a memory not yet lived”. Thanks for sharing, Taylor!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | January 6, 2025, 7:47 PMhttps://writingaddiction2.wordpress.com/2025/01/06/hey-harry/
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Posted by crazy4yarn2 | January 6, 2025, 8:18 PMLove it, especially the last three lines. Thanks for sharing, Nolcha!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | January 6, 2025, 9:18 PMThanks, Bartholomew, for such a cute prompt!
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