We shed our heavy coats
on sunny days above freezing
Forget last autumn’s shivering
in parkas at the same temperature
Recipe for another variant
still a month from the equinox
yet behaving like it’s all over
(For Sammi Cox’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Recipe. Can poems be about more than one thing at a time?)
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 
I have certainly enjoyed the reprieve of winter these last few days. Helps give us strength to finish it out.
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As long as you haven’t packed away your winter coat just yet.
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