This week let’s write a poem with the words art, destroy and laugh 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.
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 
we laugh at situations that ignite bombs?
cry at the results and the destruction brought about
we view the art that told us the truth the ugly and the beautiful, the real and abstract of this world.
yet, with glassy eyes and empty minds we stood, chattering, tinkering taking no action to make the world better.
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Posted by DanielleM | May 18, 2026, 7:21 AMAll too true. Thanks for sharing, Danielle!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | May 18, 2026, 7:39 PMHere’s my entry Bart 💜
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Posted by Maggie | May 18, 2026, 12:36 PMLovely work! I especially liked the final stanza. Thanks for sharing, Maggie!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | May 18, 2026, 7:41 PMHappy you liked it 😊
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Posted by Maggie | May 18, 2026, 7:46 PM