This week let’s write a poem with the words plan, go and consonance in it. This is another of those prompts where I randomly choose three words from a list of the top 1000 words in the English language plus a few of my favorites. (Yes, consonance is one 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 
Of Two Minds
I can’t make a decision.
I’m hot and cold at once.
I’m not in consonance with me.
I argue with myself.
I cannot go with my own plans.
I won’t agree with me.
And so I watch dust bunnies grow,
and spiders build their webs.
I’m stuck in my easy chair.
I’ve not been up in years.
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Posted by crazy4yarn2 | July 21, 2025, 12:45 PMLove your use of consonance. Thanks for sharing, Nolcha!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | July 21, 2025, 8:22 PMWhere Has Love Gone
We made a plan to see the penguins in Antarctic.
The consonance of love would melt every ice and smooth every snow storm.
Ten years have passed, and we let go of that dream.
We watched penguins on YouTube instead while we tried to contain the internal chaos to stop it from escalating to another argument of the day.
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Posted by Cassa Bassa | July 21, 2025, 6:54 PMLovely and sad. Especially the “consonance” line. Great work, CB!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | July 21, 2025, 8:28 PMI missed writing to your prompts.
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Posted by Cassa Bassa | July 22, 2025, 7:28 PMHappy to see you back at work!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | July 22, 2025, 7:31 PMHi, sorry I am a bit late to the party – here’s my contribution, thanks for the prompt 😊https://poetisatinta.wordpress.com/2025/07/25/be-prepared/
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Posted by poetisatinta | July 25, 2025, 8:13 AMYou’re never too late with poetry. Prompts don’t spoil.
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | July 25, 2025, 8:06 PM🙌
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Posted by poetisatinta | July 26, 2025, 4:59 AM