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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.
Bartholomew Barker has written 443 posts for Living Poetry

Monday Poetry Prompt: Haberdasher

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.

September Visual Poetry Prompt

Happy Labor Day in the U. S. A.!

August Musical Poetry Prompt

It’s the fifth Monday of the month, so this week let’s write a poem to this piece of music. Just let it play. Maybe put it on loop since it’s not too long and see what feelings form then write a poem and post it in the comments below.

Monday Poetry Prompt: Book Titles

This week let’s write a poem where we incorporate the titles of six books pulled at random from my shelves. The titles are: Carve the RunesFor InstanceHarping OnIn the Palm of your HandSeeking the HookTeahouse of the Almighty This is a prompt that Living Poetry’s founder, Angelika, regularly gives us during Germination Workshops and I … Continue reading

Monday Poetry Prompt: Field, Game, Husband

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.

Monday Poetry Prompt: Vending Machine

This week let’s write a poem featuring a vending machine. Did you know there were vending machines in ancient Rome? I don’t think that fact alone is worthy of a poem but I do think vending machines are under-represented in poetry. Let’s change that by posting such a poem in the comments below.

August Visual Poetry Prompt

Don’t get distracted by August. Post your poem in the comments below.

Monday Poetry Prompt: Drain

This week let’s write a drain poem. Think about the act of liquids draining and come up with a new metaphor since the common colloquial of feeling “drained” has been done. Surprise me with something new. Just be sure to post the residue in the comments below.

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