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Please Touch the Art
Last week I visited the Charles H. Taylor Visual Arts Center in Hampton, Virginia, to see the Please Touch the Art exhibit by Sally Barker. It wasn’t the first time I’d seen these works since the artist is my mother. … Continue reading
Poetic Outliers
Poets live on the outskirts of life all the better to observe from a distance happiness is not an advantage Every community needs four poets one for each of the four winds a leader — a dreamer a sister and … Continue reading
National Voter Registration Day
It’s National Voter Registration Day in the U. S. A. Click the graphic to be taken to their website where you can start the process to register or, if you think you’re already registered, to confirm it. I recently moved … Continue reading
Fraiku: Brood
Every 13 years poems dig themselves up — molting metaphors open mic drone (Found this little guy, legs up, twitching on the sidewalk. I took this shot after turning him over. Hope he gets laid and dies well.)
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Free Verse Revolution: Compass
I’m am very proud to announce that two of my poems have been included in Free Verse Revolution Issue XI: compass which is now available for free digital download or to purchase a good old fashioned hard copy for display … Continue reading
Fraiku: Twilight
Night falls on democracy When the people fail to vote Be the dawn Vote early if you still can. Tuesday is Election Day.
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Bartholomew Barker
Originally posted on I Write Her:
Agata Samulska – Unsplash Roses I only pretend to smell the roseswhen I kiss their petals with lipschapped by twenty years of thirst. I never expected to live this longwithout you. For the Bird…
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Fraiku: Freedom
Why are those who cryFreedom loudest, waving the flag,the first to ban books? for Banned Books Week
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Social Justice Inks – Anthology of Poetry is LIVE
Originally posted on Prolific Pulse Blog:
cover art by Kay Payne We are beyond excited to announce that Social Justice Inks – Anthology of Poetry is available on Amazon and many other online stores, there is also an ePub available…
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Things Fall Apart by Bartholomew Barker
Originally posted on North of Oxford:
Things Fall Apart . I’d rather watch the vanities of man sag and collapse under the weight of years than to spend my weekends trimming hedges, touching up paint or soothing hinges with an…
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Bartholomew Barker, Poet 