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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 423 posts for Living Poetry

May Visual Poetry Prompt

Happy May Day! Hope your April was overflowing with poetry and you’ll post a new May poem in the comments below.

April Visual Poetry Prompt

This will be the only Living Poetry prompt for April because it’s National Poetry Month and a lot of places are posting daily prompts to facilitate the April Poem-a-Day Challenge. I encourage you to follow NaPoWriMo or Write Better Poetry and join the fun. Even if you don’t share these poems-a-day, it is worthy practice … Continue reading

Monday Poetry Prompt: Extinct

This week let’s write an extinct poem. Lots of species have gone extinct and more are every day so feel free to write about that tragedy or maybe write about something less tangible going extinct. Post the end result in the comments below.

Monday Poetry Prompt: Although, Spring, Woodpecker

Happy March Equinox, poets! This week let’s write a poem with the words although, spring and woodpecker 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 … Continue reading

Monday Poetry Prompt: Origami

This week let’s write an origami poem. It may not be obvious but I think there are a lot of similarities between the art of poetry and the art of origami. Grab a piece of paper, fold in a poem and post it in the comments below.

March Visual Poetry Prompt

Post what you found in the water in the comments below.

Monday Poetry Prompt: Scrapbook

This week let’s write a scrapbook poem. It could be about making a scrapbook or looking through a scrapbook or maybe even making a poetic version of a scrapbook where each stanza is a distinct image, like a snapshot. Post your album in the comments below.

Monday Poetry Prompt: Nation, Program, Thin

This week let’s write a poem with the words nation, program and thin 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.

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