Last Night at Collaborature

Posted on 2025-03-15 by Bartholomew Barker

I’m pleased to announce that one of my ekphrastic poems was just published
at Collaborature. Thank you, Melissa!

Jul Thomas is one of my artist friends and when she showed me this painting, I just had to write a poem for it.

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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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38 Responses to Last Night at Collaborature

  1. Caleb Cheruiyot's avatar Caleb Cheruiyot says:
    2025-03-15 at 12:16

    Wonderful ♥️

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  2. mitchteemley's avatar mitchteemley says:
    2025-03-15 at 12:42

    Congrats, Bartholomew!

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  3. Melissa Lemay's avatar Melissa Lemay says:
    2025-03-15 at 12:49

    Thanks for sharing your work with us!❤️

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  4. trE's avatar trE says:
    2025-03-15 at 12:55

    It is DEF a wonderful painting! And your verse suits it perfectly.

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  5. luisa zambrotta's avatar luisa zambrotta says:
    2025-03-15 at 13:55

    Congratulations 💐💐💐

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  6. DD's avatar DD says:
    2025-03-15 at 16:32

    Congratulations. You capture the essence of the picture in a very sweet way, Bart.
    ~
    The first line took me way back though. Kong, then an ambitious young architect doing up his first house, had the ceiling fall onto him and Teresa in the middle of the night. Somehow both were spared physical injury. Pride, however…

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  7. Michele Lee's avatar Michele Lee says:
    2025-03-15 at 17:06

    Gorgeous poem! 🌠

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  8. ivor20's avatar ivor20 says:
    2025-03-15 at 18:12

    Congratulations, Bart …

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  9. johnlmalone's avatar johnlmalone says:
    2025-03-15 at 18:48

    wonderful, Bart; I want a love like that :)

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  11. iamjsleflore's avatar iamjsleflore says:
    2025-03-15 at 22:30

    Beautiful display of both art and words. Thanks for sharing

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  12. Cassa Bassa's avatar Cassa Bassa says:
    2025-03-16 at 06:38

    Do you do the artwork too?

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  13. Cindy Georgakas's avatar Cindy Georgakas says:
    2025-03-16 at 12:02

    🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

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  14. magickmermaid's avatar magickmermaid says:
    2025-03-16 at 12:03

    Congratulations!

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  15. Nicole Smith's avatar Nicole Smith says:
    2025-03-16 at 20:45

    The poem is beautiful, as is the art.

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