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.
Bartholomew Barker, Poet 
Lovely!
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Thank you!
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Lovely is the word. I especially like:
dawn spilling over
guardian mountains
The poem makes me want to visit this place.
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Thanks. Head for Manitook Lake in Connecticut.
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Peaceful!
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It was, most of the time. Winters could be harsh but the Spring was our reward.
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