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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 420 posts for Living Poetry

Monday Poetry Prompt: Equinox

In about seven hours, the September equinox occurs so let’s write a poem to celebrate. If you’re in the Southern hemisphere, spring arrives. For those of us in the North, autumn is here. Everyone can write about this moment of balance when days and nights are equal and we’re spinning in the same plane as … Continue reading

Monday Poetry Prompt: Climax, Leg, Quite

This week let’s write a poem with the words climax, leg and quite 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: Excuse

This week let’s write an excuse poem. Whether justifying your own poor choices or attempting to explain the actions of another, describe the extenuating circumstances and mitigating evidence, real or hypothesized, anything to shift the blame. You have no excuse for not posting a poem in the comments below.

September Visual Poetry Prompt

Get to work and post a poem in the comments below.

Monday Poetry Prompt: Crescent Moon

This week let’s write a crescent moon poem. The moon was new on Saturday so, if you have reasonably clear skies at sunset, you should be able to see the crescent thin moon in the western twilight. Let’s get inspired and post a poem in the comments below.

Monday Poetry Prompt: Office, Reasonable, Up

This week let’s write a poem with the words office, reasonable and up 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: Under the Cushions

A couple of Sundays ago, Living Poetry held a Germination Workshop, hosted by our founder Angelika. In these workshops we present a series of prompts, write for about five minutes to each and then share what we wrote, if we feel so moved. If you’d like to get involved in the next one, we hold … Continue reading

August Visual Poetry Prompt

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