While I knew Edge of Humanity would be publishing yesterday’s poem, this one was a surprise. My poem A Southern Farmers Market was just posted to the Poetry X Hunger site.
This poem was first published at the Dead Mule School for Southern Literature over ten years ago then last year I saw the World Food Day Special Call for Poems from North American Poets and since they were accepting previously published work…
And, if you’d like to hear me read it aloud, just click that Download File link above the text of my poem.
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 
Awesome Bartholomew! It’s an over-looked tragedy for so many humans and should no longer be happening, anywhere. Congratulations! 👏🏼
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Agreed and Thanks!
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Delicious poem!
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Ha! Thanks!
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I can see the woman, and taste the food.
Blueberries – Nature’s lipstick!
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Never thought of blueberries as lipstick before. Goth and Brilliant!
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Congratulations! The poem deserves a wide audience.
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Thanks! I also put it in the Milkshakes & Chilidogs chapbook but I gave away more copies than I sold.
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It’s hot! I love how the farmer’s market can be sexy too..
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Thanks! That’s exactly what I was going for.
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Well you took me there!
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