I spread seeds
to entice collaborators
into my backyard
(Speaking of collaborators, three weeks from tonight, I’ll be performing at the Eno Arts Mill in Hillsborough, North Carolina, as part of the opening of Coalesce 2025. I wrote a poem to a painting by Ellie Snow and she’s doing a painting based on one of my poems. I was part of Coalesce 2023 and it was a blast. I hope all my dear readers will attend.)
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.
Bartholomew Barker, Poet 
Then both of you can submit to Collaborature!🤩
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I’ll be putting something together for you this weekend!
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That is so exciting!🙏🏻❤️
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Congratulations! Well done on this poem to kick start the new Season.
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Thanks, JM! It is the season for collaboration.
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It might be just me but “season of collaboration” sounds like some sort of innuendo. I can’t quite put my finger on it
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It does, doesn’t it? Let’s use every chance we get and try to turn it into a euphemism.
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Beautiful poem… and congratulations!
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Mille Grazie, Luisa!
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🙏🤗🙏
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Thanks, CB!
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