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Bartholomew Barker

Bartholomew Barker is an organizer of Living Poetry, where he has hosted monthly workshops 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 the Pushcart Prize in 2021, 2024 & 2025 as well as the Best of the Net Anthology in 2024. His work has appeared in The Lake, Autumn Sky Poetry Daily, Panoply, Tipton Poetry Journal, the Gyroscope Review and the Naugatuck River Review among others.
Bartholomew Barker has written 446 posts for Living Poetry

Monday Poetry Prompt: Game, Hot, Until

This week let’s write a poem with the words game, hot and until 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: Dry Goods

This week let’s write a dry goods poem. I’d heard that term all my life but never really understood what was a dry good and what wasn’t until researching this prompt. Even though dry goods won’t spoil, post your poem promptly in the comments below.

June Visual Poetry Prompt

Take a seat, write a poem, post it in the comments below.

Monday Poetry Prompt: Misanthropy

This week let’s write a misanthropy poem. While I’m sure none of you lovely poets out there are misanthropes, let’s try to imagine what it’s like to hold a deep dislike or distrust of your fellow human beings then post your poem in the comments below. (I couldn’t find a good picture for misanthropy so … Continue reading →

Monday Poetry Prompt: Arctic, Slow, Wolf

This week let’s write a poem with the words Arctic, slow and wolf 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: Soaring

This week let’s write a soaring poem. Up, up and away but don’t forget post your poem in the comments below upon landing.

May Visual Poetry Prompt

Hope you all had a productive National Poetry Month.

April Visual Poetry Prompt

Here’s your April Visual Prompt a day early! This will be the only post for National Poetry Month. Feel free to use the American Academy of Poets poster for the month as a prompt. Many of us are writing a poem-a-day to celebrate. I tend to use the daily prompts posted at Robert Lee Brewer’s … Continue reading →

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