Category Archives: Poetry

Summer Haiku

Posted on 2021/06/21 by Bartholomew Barker

These verdant mountainsfeasting on solstice sunshineand a thunderstorm For today’s Solstice Poetry Prompt from Living Poetry.

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Fraiku: Doctor Verse

Posted on 2021/06/18 by Bartholomew Barker

Don’t edit yourselfPoetry is the feverLet it heal your mind

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Andromeda

Posted on 2021/06/14 by Bartholomew Barker

Andromeda Growing up, my girl next door was called Andy.I just assumed gravity would bring us together—like two galaxies slowly merging over a lifetime. It might still happen though we’re no longer neighbors—not that that matters in this age of … Continue reading →

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Fraiku: Politics

Posted on 2021/06/11 by Bartholomew Barker

When conservatives claim government is brokenThey aren’t complainingThey’re bragging

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Honeymoon

Posted on 2021/06/07 by Bartholomew Barker

Honeymoon They stand hip deep in the oceanawaiting the wave’s crescendo It doesn’t care how much they loveeach other— it will wash over them and they will either stand strongor be swept out to sea (For two prompts: LP’s June … Continue reading →

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Fraiku: Baseball

Posted on 2021/06/04 by Bartholomew Barker

Crack— a leather orbclimbs to heaven while moonriselooms over left field

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Mulberries Published at MasticadoresUSA!

Posted on 2021/06/02 by Bartholomew Barker

My poem Mulberries in the Piedmont has been published by Masticadores USA. I encourage all my fellow poets to check out Masticadores and send them your work. All thanks to their editor, Gabriela Marie Milton!

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I dreamt I was walking my dogs under the light of the moons.

Posted on 2021/06/01 by Bartholomew Barker

I dreamt I was walking my dogsunder the light of the moons. The Greater Moon was full—glowing porcelain above our headswhile the Lesser Moon was a ruddycrescent setting in the west. We returned to the backyard and howled,all three of … Continue reading →

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Fraiku: Thunderstorm

Posted on 2021/05/28 by Bartholomew Barker

Heavy humid heatScraped from exhausted leavesSummer thunderstorm

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The sun’s no hotter

Posted on 2021/05/25 by Bartholomew Barker

The sun’s no hotter It’s just the atmospheresoaking it all inlike a pasty beach bodywith no SPF Burning We slept too longskin red as a tornadoon doppler or a lobsterboiling in a pot This is the inheritanceof my angry children—blisters … Continue reading →

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