15 Last Minute Gift Ideas for Old Bohemian Poets

Posted on 2022-12-20 by Bartholomew Barker

Nothing

They don’t want any more crap
cluttering their rented rooms
unless it can be burned
for heat under a hungry moon.

If you insist: Wine

Leave the bottle at their doorstep,
ring the bell, run away, no card,
no note, just take satisfaction knowing
the alcohol ran through their heart.

Best: an Epigram

Dedicate a poem to them. Make it cryptic,
one they did not inspire, unrelated
to their work, life or affectations.
And if they notice, they’ll be elated.

(for this week’s Living Poetry Prompt.)

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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.
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46 Responses to 15 Last Minute Gift Ideas for Old Bohemian Poets

  1. JeanMarie's avatar JeanMarie says:
    2022-12-20 at 19:37

    This is a fun one. Now write a listicle of what to get a curmudgeon poet so I can ignore it. :) <3

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  2. ivor20's avatar ivor20 says:
    2022-12-20 at 19:58

    A poet following poet is called poetry in motion

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  5. Cassa Bassa's avatar Cassa Bassa says:
    2022-12-20 at 20:38

    Ha that’s like a gift prank….some good, some strange, some funny.

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  6. James Mose's avatar James Mose says:
    2022-12-20 at 22:07

    Art being appreciated.

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  7. medlenink's avatar Arthur_Pendalyne says:
    2022-12-20 at 22:14

    i can’t even get socks, and im only 36…

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  8. luvgoodcarp's avatar luvgoodcarp says:
    2022-12-21 at 06:02

    The image of a “hungry moon” works so well. Every moon is hungry when you’re an old Bohemian poet.

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  9. berniebell1955's avatar berniebell1955 says:
    2022-12-21 at 06:04

    Mike wrote this, this morning. Then I read your blog post….asked is it OK with him if I send it to you …he said yes….Solstice Greetings from The Bells!

    Gravity

    Pilgrim soul,
    Attracted, yet outside the horizon
    Of others’ myths, certainties.
    Outside the community of Faith,
    Is what remains, the terrifying responsibility
    Of interstellar space?

    But Silence lives, and Light fills.
    And at the centre of all Being?
    Love:
    It Is.

    McB 21st December 2022

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  13. pensivepoetblog's avatar pensivepoetblog says:
    2022-12-24 at 00:04

    Nice one. I found myself agreeing with everything as I read along. Kind of a perfect list.

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  14. Little Charmer's avatar Little Charmer says:
    2022-12-24 at 13:36

    Love this 🖤

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  15. Pratik's avatar Pratik says:
    2022-12-26 at 06:02

    Nice blog

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