This week let’s write a poem with the words feel, less and word 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. Post your poems in the comments below.
(BTW, the image is what the WordPress AI image generator produced using those three words as the prompt.)
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 
Feel, less, word
They disappoint me.
Your word vomit; meaningless.
Feel less than worthless.
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Posted by Chico’s Mom | November 17, 2025, 9:35 AMLove the “word vomit”. Great little haiku! Thanks for sharing.
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | November 17, 2025, 7:49 PMThank you for the prompt 💕
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Posted by Chico’s Mom | November 17, 2025, 7:54 PMFish
The fish I know in my koi pond
they don’t speak in audible words
but they rush to look at me, no less
when I stand, stare with crying eyes
their eyes glassy, teary, focussed
looking up at me, holding me hypnotised
in a strange metaphysical embrace…
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Posted by utopicdystopian | November 17, 2025, 10:06 PMLovely! Great use of the prompt. Thanks for sharing!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | November 17, 2025, 10:55 PMThe more I feel less of me
All of you pours in
Your word becoming breath to my soul
All of you I behold forevermore
Thank you Jesus
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Posted by Inspiredlatia | November 18, 2025, 10:49 AMLove that first line. Thanks for sharing!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | November 18, 2025, 9:28 PMThanks for the inspiration 💜https://poetisatinta.wordpress.com/2025/11/19/ribbons/
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Posted by poetisatinta | November 19, 2025, 12:13 PMLove the bones unspooling. Thanks for sharing, Ange!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | November 19, 2025, 6:35 PM💜
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Posted by poetisatinta | November 19, 2025, 7:01 PM