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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A Haiku Poem :
All the transitions
We live seasons like flowers
Each will come and go
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Posted by brightstardancing | March 2, 2026, 10:03 AMLovely! Thanks for sharing.
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | March 2, 2026, 7:18 PMYou’re welcome! 🤗
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Posted by brightstardancing | March 3, 2026, 9:19 AMHere’s my entry:
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Posted by Maggie | March 2, 2026, 2:14 PMBrilliant! I especially liked “Loss layered in lichen and moss.”
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | March 2, 2026, 7:22 PMMarch and its flowers are a welcomed sight 😃 https://poetisatinta.wordpress.com/2026/03/03/visual-poetry-prompt-march/
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Posted by poetisatinta | March 3, 2026, 5:02 AMLoved the fist of green blades and the narrow light of March. Well done!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | March 3, 2026, 8:36 PMSo glad you enjoyed it 😃
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Posted by poetisatinta | March 4, 2026, 4:13 AMSpringtime Soft
Tombstones turn soft in spring,
skirted by flowers and light breeze
wistful greys draped in wispy green
Scattered around the burials
like merry-weather friends that laugh
in the face of life’s greatest spectacle
Sitting together, watching sunsets
for a while, even if just for a while
Tombstones in flowery meadows
somehow turn softer in spring…
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Posted by utopicdystopian | March 4, 2026, 10:14 AMLove those first three lines. Great work! Thanks for sharing.
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | March 4, 2026, 6:37 PMThank you for the lovely prompts🙏🏼!
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Posted by utopicdystopian | March 5, 2026, 12:43 AM