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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

Monday Poetry Prompt: Dark, Frost, Long

This week let’s write a poem with the words dark, frost and long 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: Mistletoe

This week let’s write a mistletoe poem. I found the first sentence of its Wikipedia entry very inspiring, “Mistletoe is the common name for obligate hemiparasitic plants in the order Santalales.” It’s a parasite and its taxonomic order starts with Santa! How can you not write a poem? Give it a kiss then post it … Continue reading

December Visual Poetry Prompt

The Christmas Swimsuit issue is a little disappointing.

Monday Poetry Prompt: Job

This week let’s write an on-the-job poem. It could be about the worst job or the best job you’ve ever had. You could also write about your dream job. If you need some inspiration, check out this list of odd jobs. Post your occupational therapy in the comments below.

Monday Poetry Prompt: Gratitude

This week let’s write a gratitude poem. This should be pretty straightforward and timely. Post a thankful poem in the comments below.

Monday Poetry Prompt: Glass, Pound, Badger

This week let’s write a poem with the words glass, pound and badger 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. (Yes, badger is one of the favorites I added.) Post … Continue reading

Monday Poetry Prompt: Agent

This week let’s write an agent poem. Maybe you’ll write about an agent who represents someone or an agent of a government or maybe write about yourself as an agent of change since you are adding to the collective consciousness of the Internet by posting your poem in the comments below.

November Visual Poetry Prompt

Chew on this and post your poem in the comments below.

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