The Short of It

Posted on 2024-07-20 by Bartholomew Barker

For those of you who do not follow Susi Bocks’ I Write Her site, first, you need to follow her, second, five of my short poems were featured there yesterday as part of The Short of It series.

In hopes of getting you to click on the link, these are poems you can’t read anywhere else. Their titles are “Astrophilia”, “Attachments”, “Escape to the Kuiper Belt”, “First thing in the Morning” and “Love Sprouts in Unlikely Places”. Only one of the five is longer than a sonnet, two have dedications to their muses and I stole lines from Tupac Shakur in another.

Enjoy!

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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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26 Responses to The Short of It

  1. equipsblog's avatar equipsblog says:
    2024-07-20 at 20:27

    Congratulations.

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  2. Susi Bocks's avatar Susi Bocks says:
    2024-07-20 at 21:22

    Thank you so much for sharing with your readers, Bart! ❤️

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  4. Cindy Georgakas's avatar Cindy Georgakas says:
    2024-07-21 at 01:48

    Love Susi and happy for you! 💕

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  5. luisa zambrotta's avatar luisa zambrotta says:
    2024-07-21 at 05:13

    Beautiful poems!
    Congratulations

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  6. thelongview's avatar thelongview says:
    2024-07-21 at 10:14

    Good ones, Bart! I like all the stars and planets that keep cropping up.

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  7. JeanMarie's avatar JeanMarie says:
    2024-07-21 at 16:41

    Congratulations.

    Throws confetti

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  8. johnlmalone's avatar johnlmalone says:
    2024-07-21 at 19:03

    terrific, Bart : I really enjoyed these, the jaunty word play, the attention to detail, the cosmic sweep :)

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  9. Michele Lee's avatar Michele Lee says:
    2024-07-22 at 11:42

    Wonderful writing and featured poetry, Bart! 👏🏻

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  10. Mindful Mystic (MM)'s avatar Mindful Mystic (MM) says:
    2024-07-26 at 21:07

    Great poems, Bart. I enjoyed the read. 🤗

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