The cars on my street were spray-painted white
by that famous vandal, Jack Frost. The hungover sun
offers no warmth. I should remove the crystalline dew
from my windshield but I must’ve walked widdershins
around the bar— lost my scraper and glove.
This credit card won’t be doing me any more good,
so I could see how it fares against the ice
but I don’t have anywhere important to go today.
Maybe it’ll melt tomorrow.
(For two prompts: frost and widdershins.)
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 
Jack the vandals frozen messages
are just temporary pieces of cool street-art
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Very temporary.
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This is a fun one B. You need some company to help you melt. :)
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Glad you liked it. I asked Moriarty but he refused to leave the apartment. Smart cat.
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Oh I love that you call your cat, Moriarty! I also love the word “widdershins” and the way you have used it. Nice work, Bart. ❌❤👩🦰👍
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That’s why I love Sammi’s prompts. She comes up with new words for me. And Moriarty practically chose his own name.
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Must start checking her blog out for prompts. ❤❌❤
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Strongly encouraged.
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Thank you ❌
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Thanks for introducing me to this word, widdershins. It is a new one to me.
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Don’t thank me. Thank Sammi Cox. She’s the one that wrote that prompt. I’d never heard that word before either.
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