rainy new year

Posted on 2018/12/31 by Bartholomew Barker

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rainy new year

let’s sleep in tomorrow,
a nice rainy january first,
ease into the new year,
groggy and dim.

let the rain fall
like expectations,
drenching the land
puddling the world.

let the flood wash
away our past,
clean the way
for a cloudless sky,

later. I’m not yet ready
to face the sun.

(Happy New Year? This poem came from the weekly Living Poetry Prompt.)

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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9 Responses to rainy new year

  1. zeckrombryan says:
    2018/12/31 at 21:36

    Interesting!

    Hold fast, reach in;
    Draw near, reach up;
    Consider, reach out.

    Hope you have a blessed 2019! 😊😊😊

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  2. JeanMarie says:
    2019/01/01 at 00:43

    Well done sir! Happy New Year <3

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  3. phillswrites says:
    2019/01/01 at 13:08

    I’m not ready either… but welcome 2019! Happy New Year! 🎉

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