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Monday Poetry Prompt: Haberdasher

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This week, let’s write a haberdasher poem. While the term is not in common use these days, what it refers to is still quite common. I’ll leave it to the poet to decide which meaning applies to the poem, posted in the comments below.

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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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12 thoughts on “Monday Poetry Prompt: Haberdasher”

  1. poetisatinta's avatar

    You are so right Haberdashery is going out of fashion- almost completely disappeared ☹️ still I composed a limerick 😊https://poetisatinta.wordpress.com/2026/09/14/living-poetry-13/

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    Posted by poetisatinta | September 14, 2026, 11:15 AM
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  2. Chico’s Mom's avatar

    From fifty cents to five dollars

    Growing up we had words,
    fifty cent words were those big words used by smart tarts.

    Or folks accused to “gettin’ above their raisin’.”
    They were used brazin’.

    Sometimes correctly,
    sometimes not.

    Now thanks to inflation,
    or creation.

    Hasenpfeffer
    Haberdasher
    Flabbergasted
    kerfuffle
    Obfuscate
    Boondoggle
    Fastidious

    Could you please speak English?
    What’s wrong with;
    Rabbit stew
    Men’s clothing
    Shocked
    A fuss
    Unclear
    No real value
    Detail oriented

    It makes my head hurt.
    Words
    Words
    Words
    Sometimes it’s just absurd.

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    Posted by Chico’s Mom | September 14, 2026, 12:29 PM
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