This week let’s write a poem with the words field, game and husband 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, 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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it’s an open field isn’t it?
relationships and such,
a game where rules shift, based on appearances, appetite and desire.
it’s where a husband is possibly gained, won, or stolen or lost but the best of the lot are those who perhaps are kept, retained and still loved over an over again, those who stood loyal
in spite of the game
having played and learned that perhaps there are things in life that shouldn’t be played and toyed with.
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Posted by DanielleM | August 17, 2026, 9:43 AMVery nice, Danielle. Thanks for sharing.
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | August 17, 2026, 7:41 PMThanks much Bartholomew. I enjoy the Monday prompts, gets my brain in motion for the week ahead.
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Posted by DanielleM | August 19, 2026, 4:25 AMGlad to be of service.
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | August 19, 2026, 6:04 PMHappy Monday 😅 https://poetisatinta.wordpress.com/2026/08/17/living-poetry-9/
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Posted by poetisatinta | August 17, 2026, 11:40 AMGood one, Ange. Thank for sharing.
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | August 17, 2026, 7:44 PMThanks Bart 😃
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Posted by poetisatinta | August 18, 2026, 4:35 AMHere’s my take Bart 💜
https://magz70-qytix.wordpress.com/2026/08/17/monday-poetry-with-bart-5/
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Posted by Maggie | August 17, 2026, 2:10 PMNice take, Maggie. Thanks for sharing.
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | August 17, 2026, 7:50 PMHappy you enjoyed it 😊
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Posted by Maggie | August 17, 2026, 8:02 PM