Just wanted to make sure my dear readers are aware that my poem, Inauguration, was posted on the Chaos Section Poetry Project website yesterday as part of their promotion of the Record of Dissent anthology.
Also one of my poems, Thoughtful Gifts, is being used to sell reed infusers! When I started taking poetry seriously 15 years ago, I never would have guessed that would happen.
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 
How neat is the reed diffuser idea!
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Isn’t it though? I’m going to buy one to see how well it works.
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Both excellent pieces. I have made the emperor comparison many times myself. So perfectly fitting – your words of course not the suit.
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Thank you, Violet! Yeah, that old folktale is just so apt to our present as I’m sure it has been repeatedly over the centuries.
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Both poems are outstanding and made me smile! Congratulations!
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Thank you! Glad you enjoyed them.
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Hot damn Bart! The poem in the anthology is great, of course. Congratulations. But the poem as product placement is brilliant.
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Thanks, JM! I puzzled over the choice of that poem to go on a reed infuser but what do I know?
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Congratulations! 🎈🍾🎊🎉
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Thank you, Barbara!
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You’re very welcome!
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“Now I know how the fish feels” … brilliant, Bart (and congratulations)
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Thanks, Ivor! Not sure why this poem got chosen for the reed infuser but I’m happy none the less.
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Sometimes I wonder too … I submit 4 poems and what I think is poorest one, gets selected!!
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Yeah, we’re not very good at judging our own work.
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Yep … I’ve got no idea …
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How very wonderful Bartholomew … on both counts!!! Congratulations !! 🏆
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Thank you, Gypsie! It’s my first poem on a bottle. (As opposed to coming out of a bottle.)
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Humming … “Message in a bottle ……” 🎶🎶🎶
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Congratulations!
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Thank you, David!
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You have truly arrived! Congratulations!
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Thanks! Who would’ve thought that poem would appear on a bottle of essential oil?
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That is pretty epic, nice work! 👏
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Thank you very much!
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Wow, that’s when you know you’ve made it!!! Gives us mere mortals something to aspire to. It’s now on my wish list of achievements. I want a poem on a reed infuser. Never thought I would, but seeing yours… Congratulations!
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Danke, Britta! And here I was trying to Pushcart and Best of the Net nominations.
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The poem
Pleases
Those Infusers things
Give me sneezes!
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Oh no! Guess you won’t be getting that as a xmas present.
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Awesome Bart
Congratulations.🥂🎉🥂
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Thank you, Maggie!
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My pleasure Bart 🤗
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That, dear friend, is a profound poem!
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I assume you mean Thought Gifts and I’d like think of it as being more profane than profound.
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This is awesome! Seeing your work into the household is amazing 👏 🤩
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Thank you, CB! I love getting poetry in unexpected places.
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I like how this diffuser takes poetry into everyday life. To think that your words will be living in people’s homes is pretty cool.
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Agreed! I wonder what else we could get our poetry printed on…
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Inauguration is a powerful piece, and so cool that your work is being shared in different ways.
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Thanks! I’m always eager to share my poetry any way I can.
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