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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 408 posts for Living Poetry

Monday Poetry Prompt: Love

With Saint Valentine’s Day looming, this week let’s write a love poem. I’m sure we all have love poems sitting in our unpublished pile but I must insist you write something new this week. Don’t just pull an old one off the stack. Post something fresh and lovely in the comments below.

February Visual Poetry Prompt

Nothing more to say but post your poem in the comments below.

Monday Poetry Prompt: Saints & Sinners

Last Sunday, 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. I find these events very useful. It’s just enough time to get a good start … Continue reading

Monday Poetry Prompt: Fox, River, Well

This week let’s write a poem with the words fox, river and well 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: Upheaval

My apologies for the late prompt. This week let’s write an upheaval poem. How do you feel when the unexpected and unwelcome storm into your life? (Like when you weekly poetry prompt appear twelve hours later than usual.) Post your poem in the comments below.

January Visual Poetry Prompt

Catch the scent of a new poem and post it in the comments below.

December Musical Poetry Prompt

For the final Monday of 2024, let’s write a poem inspired by this piece of music. Please don’t do any research, just listen to the music and write from the emotions it evokes then post your poem in the comments below. Happy New Year!

Monday Poetry Prompt: Eggnog

This week let’s write an eggnog poem. ‘Tis the season. With cinnamon or nutmeg, spiked or not, post your poem in the comments below.

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