Bone

Posted on 2023/04/03 by Bartholomew Barker

Our connection
is thicker than blood
stronger than muscle

Our bond is like bone
flexible and resilient
made of the earth

A honeycomb of winks
and slow caresses
and if it breaks

it hurts worse
than any gut-punch
or cigarette burn

and takes months
to heal

(For today’s prompt, write a connection poem.)

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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18 Responses to Bone

  1. yourplateormine967244485 says:
    2023/04/04 at 01:43

    Very nice! “A honeycomb of winks” felt that line in my bones. 👏👏

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  2. Cassa Bassa says:
    2023/04/04 at 03:11

    Precised description of a strong bond.

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  3. berniebell1955 says:
    2023/04/04 at 05:08

    “and if it breaks

    it hurts worse
    than any gut-punch
    or cigarette burn

    and takes months
    to heal”

    Ain’t that the truth.

    For ‘months’ – read ‘years’- decades.

    Those we care about can hurt us – those we don’t care about – well – they can’t – because we don’t – do we?

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  5. Lisa Tomey-Zonneveld says:
    2023/04/04 at 06:59

    A honeycomb of winks
    and slow caresses

    Yesssss

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  6. Lisa Tomey-Zonneveld says:
    2023/04/04 at 07:00

    Reblogged this on and commented:
    Love this 😀 Had to share.

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  7. Priti says:
    2023/04/05 at 00:54

    👌👌

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  8. berniebell1955 says:
    2023/04/05 at 04:47

    As chance would have it – I’d got this blog post ready…..

    http://www.spanglefish.com/berniesblog/blog.asp?blogid=16230

    ….. then I saw your ‘connection’ poem.

    And….…see ‘comment’…..

    https://theorkneynews.scot/2023/04/04/obituary-ryuichi-sakamoto-sayonara-mister-lawrence/

    Connecting.

    And….it’s never too late…

    https://theorkneynews.scot/2020/09/12/its-never-too-late/

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