Category Archives: Poetry

If you find my journal

Posted on 2025-12-16 by Bartholomew Barker

If you find my journal Best keep the clasp tight not for any secrets sitting within (poets don’t write those down) but for everything that might spill out A stem of heather picked in the Ring of Brodgar on the … Continue reading →

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Fraiku: All I Need in December

Posted on 2025-12-12 by Bartholomew Barker

Long night stars firm in the firmament mulled wine and you

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Stuck

Posted on 2025-12-08 by Bartholomew Barker

Like snow that doesn’t stick I’m waiting for these aches To accumulate into regret over you (For Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt and Living Poetry’s Monday Prompt.)

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Fraiku: Fog

Posted on 2025-12-05 by Bartholomew Barker

Soft as kitten paws It sleeps like a fleece blanket comforting us all

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Milkshakes and Chilidogs for the Holidays

Posted on 2025-12-02 by Bartholomew Barker

If you’re looking for a poetic gift this holiday season for the Foodie in your life, may I humbly suggest my chapbook, Milkshakes & Chilidogs. Only $1.99 on Kindle or $5.45 for a physical book.

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Fraiku: Gratitude

Posted on 2025-11-28 by Bartholomew Barker

Feels like a bear hug warmth of a fellow human you’re not alone (A further expression of gratitude: my thanks to Barbara Leonhard, editor at MasticadoresUSA for publishing one of my dog poems, I dreamt I was walking my dogs … Continue reading →

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Middle Child

Posted on 2025-11-27 by Bartholomew Barker

Big brother is impatient for little sister’s decorations to come down like a sugar high. He doesn’t like her goth aesthetic of black and orange. He’d rather be of good cheer, all bright and flashy. And here I sit between … Continue reading →

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The Leaves of Late Autumn

Posted on 2025-11-25 by Bartholomew Barker

The crescent moon smiles in the twilight as the rain, fresh fallen from the trees, taps out exotic rhythms on our path. Your eyes crinkle when you look at me and I know my luck will run out someday. But … Continue reading →

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Fraiku: Pilot Whales

Posted on 2025-11-21 by Bartholomew Barker

Dance on the slip of an abyss Inspiration below — Willing to fall Just like a poet (Yesterday I attended a talk at the Science Café entitled, How Pilot Whales Make Dinner Plans. During the lecture four Living Poets were … Continue reading →

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Fraiku: Just like America

Posted on 2025-11-14 by Bartholomew Barker

The soup is boiling over burnt to the bottom of the pot leaping into the fire

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