This week let’s write a poem with the words account, charity and garden 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.
A garden of delight they said
Returns are easy Peasy
It’s almost like a charity
An account problem is a rarity
They lied.
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Posted by rugby843 | October 19, 2026, 5:24 PMHa! That applies to so much of life in late-stage capitalism. Thanks for sharing!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | October 19, 2026, 7:21 PMHere’s my take Bart 💜
https://theafterlovevoice.org/2026/10/20/monday-poetry-with-bart-14/
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Posted by Maggie | October 20, 2026, 4:42 AMLovely. I especially liked the last five stanzas. Thanks for sharing.
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | October 20, 2026, 7:49 PM