No frost on these punkins. At least not yet.
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.
It’s definitely that season again 🎃 https://poetisatinta.wordpress.com/2026/10/05/living-poetry-16/
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Posted by poetisatinta | October 5, 2026, 9:59 AMFunny! Thanks for sharing.
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | October 5, 2026, 7:22 PMThanks 😄
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Posted by poetisatinta | October 6, 2026, 12:10 PMround and plump
it’s October’s prize
fun for eyes
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Posted by rugby843 | October 5, 2026, 6:17 PMLovely haiku! Thanks for sharing.
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | October 5, 2026, 7:24 PMHere’s my poem 💜
https://theafterlovevoice.org/2026/10/06/monday-poetry-with-bart-12/
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Posted by Maggie | October 5, 2026, 7:32 PMI especially liked comparing the pumpkins to moons in the first stanza. Thanks for sharing.
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | October 5, 2026, 8:13 PMThank you so much, Bart! 💜 The moment I saw all those round orange pumpkins together, they looked like a pile of little October moons to me. 🎃
I really enjoyed this visual prompt — it immediately put me in an October mood. Thank you for the inspiration!
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Posted by Maggie | October 5, 2026, 8:18 PM