This week let’s write a poem with the words happy, leprechaun and morning in it. This is another of those prompts where I (almost) 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.
Living Poetry 
Woke silly happy
this morning, that leprechaun
was only a dream.
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Posted by Chico’s Mom | March 17, 2025, 7:44 AMHa! Dream or nightmare? Thanks for sharing, Jolene!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | March 17, 2025, 9:55 PMThank you 💕
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Posted by Chico’s Mom | March 18, 2025, 6:50 AMHappy was the beagle when it was the morn’ of Saint Patrick’s Day
The corned beef was in the crock pot and a cooking away
A little bit of kibble to tied him over for the big beefy feast
Little did he know that he would have to dress up, at least
He donned a green leprechaun cap and neck bow dangled to his chest
Sacrifice for Saint Patrick’s Day was worth it for the rest
Music played for the Irish dance, to his bowl the beagle was led
As soon as the feast of beef was done, the beagle quickly fled
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Posted by Lisa Tomey-Zonneveld | March 17, 2025, 8:01 AMHa! I always feel bad about using pics of pets in costumes. I shouldn’t be encouraging that. Nice work, Lisa!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | March 17, 2025, 9:57 PMtop of the morning
to all the leprechauns
scattered around the world
happy st patricks day
and guess what
SURPRISE
the aussies are sending
all the snakes back
that St Patrick sent down under
thanks but
no thanks
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Posted by Rall | March 17, 2025, 2:03 PMWe really shouldn’t be honoring St. Patrick’s genocide, should we? Well done, Rall!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | March 17, 2025, 9:58 PMthe ground was wet
thick and lush
from rain (last night)
and dew (just now)
happy, the grass
emerald green like the
zoysia will be in June
with goldenrod in hand
I step on to this faeland
feet bare
my toe
blackened by silver
seeking a blessing
of Leprechaun gold
but the treasure I found
was above, out of reach
spun clouds
of rose gold and scud gray
swirling
below the morning mackerel sky
shining down on this thin place
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Posted by Chris Clarke | March 17, 2025, 9:12 PMWow! Love the “morning mackerel sky”. Great work!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | March 17, 2025, 10:00 PMA great piece you wrote there! 👍
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Posted by Cassa Bassa | March 18, 2025, 5:41 PMHaha as requested.
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Posted by A. Haze🌹 | March 20, 2025, 6:32 AMGreat job, Haze!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | March 20, 2025, 5:40 PM