
May we break free
from this ugly shell
a better country
(from this week’s Living Poetry Prompt)
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.
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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