Sonnet — April 27

Posted on 2021-04-27 by Bartholomew Barker

For this Two-for-Tuesday prompt from Robert Lee Brewer’s Write Better Poetry blog:
Write a believe poem and/or…
Write a don’t believe poem.

Sonnet — April 27

I believe the earth is flat
because shape is trivial
to me and the pines straining
towards the sun.

A sun which loops around us
every day— me, the pines
and that squirrel teasing
Moriarty from a branch.

Tomorrow the squirrel will hunt for nuts
and the pines will hope for rain.
Doesn’t matter whether we’re clinging
to a globe or pressed on a pancake,

I’ll write another poem
just because it’s April.

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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.
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9 Responses to Sonnet — April 27

  1. JeanMarie's avatar JeanMarie says:
    2021-04-27 at 21:38

    HA!
    I hope Moriarty doesn’t knock anything important off the edge.

    :)

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  2. Cassa Bassa's avatar Cassa Bassa says:
    2021-04-27 at 23:04

    ” Doesn’t matter whether we’re clinging
    to a globe or pressed on a pancake” 😁😄

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  3. Mary's avatar AppophiaM says:
    2021-04-28 at 21:50

    “I’ll write another poem
    just because it’s April.”,ha, guess that’s what I have been doing.

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