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Bartholomew Barker

Bartholomew Barker is an organizer of Living Poetry, a collection of poets in the Triangle region of North Carolina where he has hosted a monthly feedback workshop 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 a Pushcart Prize in 2021. Born and raised in Ohio, studied in Chicago, he worked in Connecticut for nearly twenty years before moving to Hillsborough where he lives and writes poetry.
Bartholomew Barker has written 421 posts for Living Poetry

Monday Poetry Prompt: Architecture

This week let’s write an architectural poem. Architecture, like poetry, is an art form so this could count as an ekphrastic prompt. Write a poem about a famous building or architect, or maybe design your own building with a poem instead of blueprints. Post your construction in the comments below.

June Visual Poetry Prompt

Here’s looking at you, June.

Monday Poetry Prompt: Grave

This week let’s write a grave poem. It’s a grave business, engraving markers of graves. Post your epitaph in the comments below.

Monday Poetry Prompt: Political, Sharp, Wonder

This week let’s write a poem with the words political, sharp and wonder 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: Sour

This week let’s write a sour poem. Dive into the visceral when you taste lemon or sour candy. Explore the figurative like being a sourpuss. Whatever the flavor, post your poem in the comments below.

May Visual Poetry Prompt

If you survived National Poetry Month, post a poem in the comments below.

April Visual Poetry Prompt

This will be the only post in April, National Poetry Month. Feel free to use the American Academy of Poets poster for the month as a prompt. Many of us are writing a poem-a-day to celebrate. I tend to use the daily prompts posted at Robert Lee Brewer’s Write Better Poetry blog but others swear … Continue reading

Monday Poetry Prompt: Useless

This week let’s a useless poem. A lot of people out there think poetry is useless but we know better. Write about something that is useless or maybe about those times when you feel useless. Whatever you choose to write put it to good use by posting it in the comments below.

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