Old Bunhill Fields Burial Ground Published!

Posted on 2021-05-15 by Bartholomew Barker

I am pleased to announce that a poem I wrote back in 2018, while I was wandering around London, titled Old Bunhill Fields Burial Ground, has been published in the Friends Journal. This one draws heavily upon my Quaker upbringing so it’s not the most accessible. Friends Journal is one of the few publications where it’ll be read by people who’ll get the references.

When my contributor copies arrived in the mail earlier this week, I got more than a little flutter in my belly as I saw my words framed so beautifully in this magazine that I was holding in my hands, still smelling of fresh ink.

Thank yous to the Friends Journal for publishing, to all my workshop poets for helping me revise and to my parents and their parents and all my grandparents before them, no matter how great, for making me who I am.

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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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17 Responses to Old Bunhill Fields Burial Ground Published!

  1. JeanMarie's avatar JeanMarie says:
    2021-05-15 at 16:47

    Congratulations! What a lovely presentation of the poem too.

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  2. anitashope's avatar anitashope says:
    2021-05-15 at 17:58

    Congrats. Loved the layout of the poem on the page.

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  3. ivor20's avatar ivor20 says:
    2021-05-15 at 20:01

    A wonderful presentation , congratulations Bart ..

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  4. Cassa Bassa's avatar Cassa Bassa says:
    2021-05-15 at 20:49

    I can almost smell the magazine. Congratulations Batholomew!

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  5. mbrazfieldm's avatar mbrazfieldm says:
    2021-05-15 at 21:12

    congratulations friend !

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  6. Shrubaboti's avatar Shrubaboti says:
    2021-05-16 at 01:14

    Aww that’s so amazing! Congratulations 😍🤗

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  7. Lisa Tomey-Zonneveld's avatar Lisa Tomey says:
    2021-05-16 at 07:59

    Congratulations! It looks beautiful.

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  8. Ali Grimshaw's avatar Ali Grimshaw says:
    2021-05-25 at 00:01

    Congratulations on this publication. It is always exciting to have your poems reach new readers.

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