
May we break free
from this ugly shell
a better country
(from this week’s Living Poetry Prompt)
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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.
So true, for current circumstances.
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I think the U.S. has been needing to molt for a while now.
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Yes! Well said. Love the poem.
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Thanks! Got lucky with this week’s prompt or everything I’m writing these days goes through a political lens.
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Things will likely get worse before they get better…
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Yeah, I keep thinking things can’t get any worse and then the sun rises.
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That’s poetic relief.
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PSA: Don’t forget to vote!
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Hear! Hear!
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Hope is always alive.
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I’ll keep hoping until November at least.
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Ditto
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Powerful!
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Thank you!
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Yes let’s hope so!
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Agreed and there’s still a lot to do to make it so.
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True that is.
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Let’s hope so.
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👍😊
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