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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 411 posts for Living Poetry

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.

Monday Poetry Prompt: Memory, Seven and Holly

This week let’s write a poem with the words memory, seven and holly in it. This is another of those prompts where I (somewhat) 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: Presumptuous

This week let’s write a presumptuous poem. We all know presumptuous people, many poets among them. Write about them or maybe the poem itself can be presumptuous. It’s not for me to presume, I’m just writing the prompt. You’re the poet, post your presumption in the comments below. (I couldn’t find a good image for … Continue reading

December Visual Poetry Prompt

No matter where you go, there you are.

Monday Poetry Prompt: Appreciation

This week let’s write an appreciation poem. In the States, it’s the week of Thanksgiving and appreciation is akin to gratitude but not quite the same so explore that difference. I will appreciate every poem posted in the comments below.

Monday Poetry Prompt: Difficulty, Reason, Run

This week let’s write a poem with the words difficulty, reason and run 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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