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Monday Poetry Prompt: Relinquish

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This week let’s write a relinquishing poem. Sometimes you just have to let it go. Not poetry, of course! But all that other stuff cluttering up your life. Write about relinquishing something and leave it in the comments below.

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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.

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26 thoughts on “Monday Poetry Prompt: Relinquish”

  1. Inspiredlatia's avatar

    I relinquish people, places, and things
    Unwilling to do the work
    Avoiding change
    I relinquish my might to make everything right
    I have no power to do that
    Everything isn’t my fight ©inspiredlatia

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    Posted by Inspiredlatia | July 14, 2025, 8:20 AM
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  2. Melissa Lemay's avatar

    Never let go of poetry.💃🏻

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    Posted by Melissa Lemay | July 14, 2025, 11:17 AM
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  3. crazy4yarn2's avatar

    Gotta Go

    I lock the door
    and take my seat,
    a respite from the chaos.

    I smoke cigars
    and read the news
    as I enjoy the quiet.

    The kids don’t know
    I need a break.
    They pound upon the door.

    “Hurry, Dad,
    I gotta pee!”
    they plead in agony.

    I must give up
    my royal throne,
    but I’ve not done my business.

    I gotta go
    before I leave.
    “Please find another bathroom!”

    Gotta Go

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    Posted by crazy4yarn2 | July 14, 2025, 1:43 PM
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  5. Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris's avatar

    This was a difficult one Bartholomew!

    Expectations Released

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    Posted by Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris | July 15, 2025, 5:49 AM
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  6. lisaapaul's avatar

    I had

    to relinquish

    my identity as

    your wife when your spirit left I

    let go

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    Posted by lisaapaul | July 15, 2025, 12:02 PM
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