A Marriage

Posted on 2023/02/13 by Bartholomew Barker

Over the wires your voice
came leaping into my ear
like a sparkling rainbow

Me in my hotel room
you on the front porch
enjoying the evening breeze

We talk as though we’re holding hands
after a long day— sharing our warmth
despite the miles traveled

Sleep well
I’ll be home tomorrow
to continue our adventure

(A collaboration with some new friends at Waltonwood Lake Boone whom I shared love poetry with this weekend. This poem also qualifies for this week’s Living Poetry Prompt.)

About Bartholomew Barker

Bartholomew Barker is one of the organizers of Living Poetry, a collection of poets and poetry lovers in the Triangle region of North Carolina. Born and raised in Ohio, studied in Chicago, he worked in Connecticut for nearly twenty years before moving to Hillsborough where he makes money as a computer programmer to fund his poetry habit.

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14 Responses to A Marriage

Sydney Stone says:

2023/02/13 at 22:17

Distance is always hard. Beautifully written!

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- Bartholomew Barker says:
  
  2023/02/13 at 23:08
  
  Thank you. We’re doing good work together, those old folks and I.
  
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jai says:

2023/02/13 at 22:24

Absolutely lovely and heartwarming, Bartholomew. 💜

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- Bartholomew Barker says:
  
  2023/02/13 at 23:09
  
  Thank you! You can tell it’s a collaboration because anything I’d write by myself about marriage turns way too cynical.
  
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  - jai says:
    
    2023/02/13 at 23:12
    
    Ha! It would be the same for me.
    
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Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris says:

2023/02/14 at 01:08

At least he IS coming home! Wonderful poem Bartholomew! 🤗

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- Bartholomew Barker says:
  
  2023/02/14 at 17:37
  
  Thanks, Gypsie!
  
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  - Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris says:
    
    2023/02/14 at 18:04
    
    You are most welcome Bartholomew! 💙
    
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berniebell1955 says:

2023/02/14 at 03:28

A very recognizable scenario. And straight into m’blog….

http://www.spanglefish.com/berniesblog/blog.asp?blogid=16148

Plus – another moon pic for you, Bart.

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- Bartholomew Barker says:
  
  2023/02/14 at 17:37
  
  Thank you, Bernie!
  
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JeanMarie says:

2023/02/14 at 04:52

Lovely. I especially like the “voice leaps into my ear like a rainbow”

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- Bartholomew Barker says:
  
  2023/02/14 at 17:40
  
  Thank, JM! We kinda stole that line from e. e. cummings’ Amore (I).
  
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  - JeanMarie says:
    
    2023/02/14 at 20:02
    
    I looked up the poem. from now on I will start numbering my poems. love 1, love 2 or nature 1 etc etc :)
    
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  - Bartholomew Barker says:
    
    2023/02/14 at 20:03
    
    Yeah, it’s just simpler that way.
    
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