This week let’s write a poem with the words coat, explain and lock 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.
(It took a couple of tries but the image above was generated by the WordPress AI with the three words of the prompt.)
About Bartholomew Barker
Bartholomew Barker is an organizer of Living Poetry, where he has hosted monthly workshops 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 the Pushcart Prize in 2021, 2024 & 2025 as well as the Best of the Net Anthology in 2024. His work has appeared in The Lake, Autumn Sky Poetry Daily, Panoply, Tipton Poetry Journal, the Gyroscope Review and the Naugatuck River Review among others.
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Here’s my take on the words :
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Posted by Maggie | February 16, 2026, 8:19 AMLovely! Thanks for sharing, Maggie.
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | February 16, 2026, 7:07 PM😊💜
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Posted by Maggie | February 18, 2026, 2:59 AMThanks Bart it’s a combination challenge this week 😃 https://poetisatinta.wordpress.com/2026/02/16/dreaming-of-love-%f0%9f%92%95/
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Posted by poetisatinta | February 16, 2026, 6:37 PMNice combo, Ange. Thanks for sharing!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | February 16, 2026, 7:14 PM😃💞
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Posted by poetisatinta | February 17, 2026, 3:18 AM