Rhythm of Race

Posted on 2017/06/12 by Bartholomew Barker

Saturday afternoon three of my fellow Living Poets and I wrote poems on demand at the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences’ Rhythm of Race event. We only worked for a little over an hour but earned $41 for the museum by writing to the following prompts offered by our customers:

aloha
biotechnology
broken
butterfly
chaplain
complexity & sin
compromise
emerald
faith
fluorescent
happiness
hope
Michael Jackson
octopus
oyster
patience
paws
perseverance
plant
poetry
precious
science
second anniversary
soul
swizzle stick
siblings
Themyscira
vindicated
wonder
you

My favorite was writing “Science” and while I don’t remember it all, I closed with the lines “Science is the art of learning. Science reveals the poetry of life.”

About Bartholomew Barker

Bartholomew Barker is one of the organizers of Living Poetry, a collection of poets and poetry lovers in the Triangle region of North Carolina. Born and raised in Ohio, studied in Chicago, he worked in Connecticut for nearly twenty years before moving to Hillsborough where he makes money as a computer programmer to fund his poetry habit.

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8 Responses to Rhythm of Race

JeanMarie says:

2017/06/12 at 23:49

I love that line!

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- Bartholomew Barker says:
  
  2017/06/13 at 08:13
  
  Thanks! I love the lines at the end of your Ars Poetica poem, which we wrote for the same young lady, something about the truth no textbook can shout. Do you remember?
  
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Will says:

2017/06/13 at 09:29

You need to remind the people submitting prompts that the sign says, “$1 + ONE word”. I noticed a few offenders. Keep up the wordsmithing.

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- Bartholomew Barker says:
  
  2017/06/13 at 10:06
  
  Don’t worry, we charge $2 for a two word prompt. For $5 I’ll write a poem to an offensive word prompt.
  
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poetsdoublelife says:

2017/06/16 at 07:34

I miss the poetry on demand events. They were so fun. And Michael Jackson as a word—nice. Great seeing a pic of JeanMarie.

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- Bartholomew Barker says:
  
  2017/06/16 at 08:23
  
  We miss you and your on demand poetry too.
  
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Little Monster Girl says:

2017/06/18 at 11:48

Very cool! Well done! 😊👍

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- Bartholomew Barker says:
  
  2017/06/18 at 12:15
  
  Thank you, I’m glad you approve.
  
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