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.
what a lovely image thanks Bart ☀️ https://poetisatinta.wordpress.com/2026/07/06/living-poetry-4/
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Posted by poetisatinta | July 6, 2026, 12:05 PMGlad you found it inspiring. Thanks for sharing!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | July 6, 2026, 8:47 PM😃
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Posted by poetisatinta | July 7, 2026, 6:02 AMHere’s my take Bart 💜
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Posted by Maggie | July 6, 2026, 12:44 PMNice work. Thanks for sharing!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | July 6, 2026, 8:52 PMTwo little boys
Aged five and ten
Heard a story of way back when
Their dad and a friend
Met their end.
It’s only a well they said to each other
But remembered the warnings from their mother
Don’t go near the horrid thing
You could disappear or even fall in
The story was told that their missing dad
And his friend…keep on, it gets sad
They believed the rumor that under the water
A treasure lurked and so went in after
They slid down an old rope
That had been there for years
Which promptly shredded
Against the rocky slope
The two men weren’t heard of again
And for all the times of tears
No one dared to go down and look
The two hunters’ lives are forsook.
Lucky for the littles the well was now sealed
The mystery still serves, where are the two men, will it be revealed?
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Posted by rugby843 | July 6, 2026, 3:09 PMSorry, my iPad would not let me edit!🙄
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Posted by rugby843 | July 6, 2026, 3:10 PMI hope you’ll post it to you blog so we can read your intended version.
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | July 6, 2026, 9:00 PMWhat a story! Thanks for sharing.
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | July 6, 2026, 9:00 PMHere’s what came to mind.
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | July 6, 2026, 9:29 PM