This morning’s Living Poetry Monday Poetry Prompt was to write a “common sense” poem. Here’s what I produced.
Common Sense
We assume rational actors
take the political stage
after a thorough vetting
by the American media
and our registered voters
yet something’s gone awry
when a vast minority
consistently elect
blatant con men
and proven liars
to cut funding
from public schools
so future generations
have even less
common sense.
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.
Bartholomew Barker, Poet 