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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: Stubborn

This week let’s write a stubborn poem. It can be about someone who is stubborn or a stubborn situation or one of those poems that just refuses to be written. Whichever you choose, don’t be difficult. just post the results in the comments below. (Note: use of the word “mule” is prohibited in this prompt. … Continue reading

March Visual Poetry Prompt

Don’t take this prompt lying down. Post your poem in the comments below.

Monday Poetry Prompt: Prediction

This week let’s write a prediction poem. Put on your best Nostradamus hat and tell us about the future. (Rhyming quatrains, encouraged but not required.) Post your prophecies in the comments below.

Monday Poetry Prompt: Apostrophe, Hour, Make

This week let’s write a poem with the words apostrophe, hour and make 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: 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 I’m sure we all have love poems sitting in our unpublished pile but I must insist you write something new this week.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.

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