Before today’s poem, I’m proud to announce that a piece I wrote at the end of March has been posted to the Brave and Reckless blog in the Sharing Our Truths section of work inspired by the COVID-19 pandemic. Check it out!
For today’s prompt, write a future poem.
– and –
As so many of us are staying home these days, let’s try a busy poem.
The Future
The Future will be busy
with hardy creatures
running,
swimming,
slithering,
hopping,
flying into
new found niches
after we’re gone.
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 
Just read, great work! Congrats!!!
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Congratulations!! <3
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Thanks for your feedback!
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Thought provoking! And congratulations!
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Many thanks!
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