I’m proud to announce that my poem Everybody Knows has been published at North of Oxford. My thanks to Diane Sahms, the poetry editor there, for accepting it.
This political poem was written over eight years ago and is as sadly relevant today as it was back then.
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. 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 makes money as a computer programmer to fund his poetry habit.
Bartholomew Barker, Poet 
Congratulations. I remember this poem
Yeah. The actors change but the script never changes
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Thank you, JM, and thanks for your feedback all those years ago!
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Congratulations Bart
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Many thanks, Ivor!
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You’re welcome Bart
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to toast low cunning in cigar smoke haze … says it all
Congratulations
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Thanks, DD! I’m rather proud of that image.
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Congrats!!!
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Thank you, Dawn!
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A pleasure
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It’s great to get your work out there
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It sure is. That’s why submission is worth the rejection.
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Absolutely. That’s the strength of artists/creatives —to put ourselves/our work out there regardless of acceptance or rejection we keep producing and putting it out there. Glad this was a positive response to your artistry.
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Congratulations Bart. That is awesome!!!!
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Thank you, Doc!
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Congrats, Bartholomew. 💫🙂
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Thank you, Kate! Hope you enjoyed the poem.
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I did! I also dropped a comment at North of Oxford.
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Thanks! It looks like they’re not approving comments promptly. At least mine still hasn’t appeared.
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Not good.
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Congratulations 🎉 Bartholomew!!!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
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Thank you very much, Gypsie!
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Most welcome Bartholomew! 😊
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Congratulations!
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Thanks, Dawn!
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Good man yerself!!!….
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Thank you, BB!
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Congrats!
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Thank you, Bianca!
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Like you said Bartholomew, it’s still relevant today, sadly.
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Indeed. Thanks for reading, CB.
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great news Bart, Congratulations❣️
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Thank you, Cindy.
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Absolutely, Bart!💕
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Congratulations 🎉
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Thanks!
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Welcome 🙏 freinds
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