From the Poetic Asides blog:
Here’s the final “Two for Tuesday” prompt of the month:
- Write a matter poem. Matter is what things are made of.
- Write an anti-matter poem. The opposite of a matter poem.
Wish List
Give me no presents
made of matter
for my birthday.
Those crude atoms
and motley molecules,
however beautifully arranged,
bore me, casting shadows,
distorting spacetime
into gravity.
Give me something
that doesn’t clatter,
clutter or collect dust.
Give me something
ineffable, transcendent.
Give me something real!
About 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.
From the Poetic Asides blog:
Bartholomew Barker, Poet 