From Robert Lee Brewer’s Write Better Poetry blog: For today’s prompt, write a metaphor poem. A simile is when something is like a something else (example: I am like a tree); a metaphor is when something is something else (example: I am a tree). So take a moment to consider possible metaphors and then poem them out.
Poetry is…
that grain of sand irritating
the foot of your soul
∞
a paper cut across your fingerprint
leaving blood on the keys
∞
the scab forming over a trauma
and poets can’t stop picking
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 
Excellent metaphors!! Great piece of work!
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Thanks. I consider them three separate things really. I’m curious which do you think works best?
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Interesting. I’m undecided which I like the most. Each could be a prompt.
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hmmm… Maybe I’ll convert them into prompts for the summer. Good idea.
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I relate to all three, they are like sides of me and how poetry/writing poetry to me.
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How interesting. I’m glad they all resonate with you.
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Wow! These are great. Bloody great. :) <3
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Wow. Thanks. (“Bloody” Ha!)
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I also just read your poems in the Heart Bests anthology, they are your top crops. Excellent and brilliant work Baker!
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Thanks! I haven’t received my copy yet. I need to check on that with Lisa.
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I ordered it from amazon and they came straight away.
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I agree with you Jean.
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