Hope you all had a productive National Poetry Month.
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 
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Posted by crazy4yarn2 | May 5, 2025, 10:32 AMI especially liked the 2nd stanza. Well done!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | May 5, 2025, 7:27 PMProductive, but didn’t write to very many of the napowrimo prompts! April was a wild month.
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Posted by Melissa Lemay | May 5, 2025, 11:31 AMBut May is starting well. Excellent work on this prompt, Melissa!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | May 5, 2025, 7:31 PMLosing Hope
Smash, bang, dang
hold it firm
hold it steady
hold it from way back
hold those shoulders firm
then let go!
The tension, the rage!
Let’s watch as fairy tales fall
with one, long swing
reality knocks everything away.
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Posted by DanielleM | May 5, 2025, 2:15 PMLove the ending, Danielle. Great work!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | May 5, 2025, 7:33 PMThanks, Bartholomew. Appreciate the feedback, wonderful prompt.
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Posted by DanielleM | May 6, 2025, 12:56 AM