Monthly Archives: April 2017

A cardinal, an owl and a raven walk into a bar…

Posted on 2017/04/22 by Bartholomew Barker

This morning some of my fellow Living Poets and I visited Ayr Mount in Hillsborough and followed the appropriately named Poet’s Walk. Amongst the trees along the Eno River, I was thinking about today’s prompt but was also considering something … Continue reading →

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Science Cafe: Critical Thinking

Posted on 2017/04/20 by Bartholomew Barker

Tonight was the Science Cafe on Critical Thinking. It’s always a fun challenge to write a poem in “real time” and my fellow Living Poets, Tara Lynne Groth, Angie Kirby and Anna Weaver were well up for the task while … Continue reading →

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Bucket List

Posted on 2017/04/15 by Bartholomew Barker

Today was the National Poetry Month Pen & Paddle organized by my fellow living poet, Tara Lynne Groth. We spent about five hours on the water and took four writing breaks. The poem below emerged during our second when I … Continue reading →

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Kokopelli

Posted on 2017/04/13 by Bartholomew Barker

Tonight I hosted a prompt workshop where five poets and I wrote to random prompts supplied by glow-in-the-dice. We had enough time to write eight poems to the following prompts: family, intellect, Taurus or amethyst or February, Parade Amoureuse, words … Continue reading →

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How to Vacation

Posted on 2017/04/10 by Bartholomew Barker

For today’s prompt, write a travel poem. Your poem can be about the process of traveling, planning to travel, vicariously traveling through television programs, or however else you’d like to take this prompt. How to Vacation If you could eat … Continue reading →

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So Hoagland

Posted on 2017/04/09 by Bartholomew Barker

This afternoon was our monthly Living Poetry Book Club meeting and we discussed Tony Hoagland’s 2015 book Application for Release from the Dream. Unlike some of our recent selections, these poems mix humor and pathos in simple yet evocative language. … Continue reading →

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Poetry on Demand

Posted on 2017/04/08 by Bartholomew Barker

Last night I wrote Poetry on Demand at the SAFE Haven for Cats’ Tuxedo Cat Ball with four of my fellow Living Poets. PoD is kinda like selling your art at a street festival except you haven’t drawn or painted … Continue reading →

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The Wine of Love

Posted on 2017/04/03 by Bartholomew Barker

Come celebrate the last Thursday of National Poetry Month with me and other Living Poets at the Hillsborough Wine Company, 118 South Churton Street, beautiful downtown Hillsborough, North Carolina. We’ll enjoy wine tastings starting at 6:30pm and see who can … Continue reading →

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Painting the Porch

Posted on 2017/04/01 by Bartholomew Barker

I won’t be doing a poem-a-day every day this year but I will be writing a poem-some-days. The prompt is from Robert Lee Brewer’s Poetic Asides blog. For today’s prompt, write a reminiscing poem. In my mind, this means a … Continue reading →

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