Monthly Archives: July 2019

Asthma

Posted on 2019/07/30 by Bartholomew Barker

Asthma More wheezing than breathing, like a blood pressure cuff tightening around my chest. Shoulders clenched to the neck, eyes glassy, diaphragm sore, exhausted from lack of air. More panic than pain, being wrung like a rag. You try relaxing … Continue reading →

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Gerald Ford’s Grave

Posted on 2019/07/18 by Bartholomew Barker

My summer road trip has been disappointing in the lack of any new ancestral graves and I’ve barely made any progress on my genealogy so I thought I’d go for an easy win. I’ve been collecting Dead Presidents since my … Continue reading →

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I Write Her Weekly Haiku/Senryu Challenge #27

Posted on 2019/07/10 by Bartholomew Barker

Her sly supple skin painted with welcoming words I’m eager to read   (I follow a lot of poetry blogs and see various challenges floating around but this particular visual prompt by Bill Wadman got my attention, I assume the … Continue reading →

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Astronaut Sonnet

Posted on 2019/07/03 by Bartholomew Barker

Astronaut Sonnet She floats in orbit around the pole wearing a skintight see-through spacesuit. She scans the club, observing the primitives who slip green paper into her Möbius garter. She doesn’t belong, neither angel nor alien, strutting eight inches above … Continue reading →

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