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 
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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