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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: Holiday

Merry Christmas! Instead of writing a Christmas poem, since there are already plenty of them, write a poem about one of the holidays that occur around this time of year that you don’t celebrate, like Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Saturnalia, Yalda Night, Yule or any of others that I’ve missed. Post your results below.  

Monday Poetry Prompt: Anticipate

This week let’s write a poem where someone anticipates something. Anticipation can be a good thing, like awaiting the first star in the twilight, but dread could also be considered a form of anticipation. Let us know which path your poem takes by posting it in the comments below.

Monday Poetry Prompt: Lost Words

My dear mother pointed me to an article from the BBC entitled Twenty-six words we don’t want to lose. Read and enjoy the article then write a poem using at least one of the words we don’t want to lose. Bonus points scored for using multiple words from the article. Post the result below.  

December Visual Poetry Prompt

It’s the first Monday of the month so here’s your visual poetry prompt, free of charge. Post your results in the comments below.  

Monday Poetry Prompt: Common Sense

This week let’s write a poem about common sense. I’ve found that common sense is anything but common. Of course, that might just mean I’m the one that’s lacking. Post your results in the comments below.  

Monday Poetry Prompt: Soliloquy

This week let’s write a soliloquy poem, written in the first person, where your character describes her or his innermost thoughts to no one in particular. Post the results in the comments below.

November Visual Poetry Prompt

What do you make of that? What does it make of you? Post results below.  

Monday Poetry Prompt: Middle

This week let’s write a poem about the middle. Middle of what? I don’t care. Middle Class, Middle Earth, Middle Ages, Middle Anything or just write a poem with no beginning and no ending, just a middle. Post your results below.

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