I am proud, thrilled and most of all honored to announce that my poem, They’ll Say They Didn’t Know, was nominated for a Pushcart Prize by the Chaos Section Poetry Project.
The initial version of They’ll Say They Didn’t Know was written to one of Sammi Cox’s Weekend Writing Prompts right after the re-election of Donald Trump just about a year ago and posted here. It was later included in the Chaos Section’s anthology Record of Dissent along with two of my other political poems and now it’s been nominated.
Thank you so very much, Nick!
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 
Congratulations, Bart! What an honor!
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Thank you, Barbara! This is my second Pushcart nomination but I’m just as thrilled as I was with my first.
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It is thrilling!
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Fantastic news and well deserved! Congratulations Bartholomew!! ((hugs)) 🤗🤗🤗
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Thank you very much, Gypsie!
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My pleasure and honor! 😌
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Congratulations Bart !
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Thank you, Maggie!
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My pleasure Bart .
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I am right there with you wondering, Bart. Congrat’s on the nomination- and for having the gonads to speak the truth.
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Thank you, Violet! I’d like to think my gonads have nothing to do with my poetry, but we both know that isn’t true.
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Great news 🙌
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Yeah, it was a nice way to end the weekend.
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Congrats, and totally deserved, Bart! To answer your question, because you’re a decent person!!
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I just hope I’m a better poet.
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Well, you are. :)
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Congratulations, that’s great news.
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Indeed it is. Thank you, Mark.
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