Category Archives: Poetry

Message in a Bottle

Posted on 2023/04/25 by Bartholomew Barker

My messages in bottleshave dissolved to mushriding the wavesfor so many years Heartfelt poetryand crumpled pagesbecome mere litteremotional clutter Like plastic water bottlesclogging the oceans (Today’s prompt over at the April Poem-A-Day Challenge was a repeat of day 4. Fortunately, … Continue reading →

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Walking Barefoot in April

Posted on 2023/04/24 by Bartholomew Barker

Venus beckons me from the twilight skybut I am firmly rooted in my planet.My bare feet squish through soggy soilon my evening walk after a soaking rain. The clouds reach down to caressmy hair with a misty breezebut they cannot … Continue reading →

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Athazagoraphobia

Posted on 2023/04/23 by Bartholomew Barker

I’m not bothered by snakes or spiders. I love climbing trees and exploring caves. Public speaking excites some minor anxiety but much less than an invitation to a party. No, I’m afraid of an empty inbox, of a phone that … Continue reading →

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What a Tree Can Do

Posted on 2023/04/22 by Bartholomew Barker

I drown my breakfast pancakes in syrup but the dog still wants more lapping up the sweet Outside our window a maple grows bright with pride blushing her stately beauty from green to orange to red Waving in the breeze … Continue reading →

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Fraiku: Deadly Cute

Posted on 2023/04/21 by Bartholomew Barker

Her bow leans a bitin the park she saw a mousetears a wound and rolls (For today’s prompt, write poem using at least three of the following six words: Bow, Lean, Park, Saw, Tear, Wound.) (Pictures of Janizona’s Spirit of … Continue reading →

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The Boy and The Anthill

Posted on 2023/04/20 by Bartholomew Barker

I’ve been that little boywith a magnifying glasslooming over an anthillon a sunny afternoon. It was interesting, even comical,the way the ants ran from my heat rayand the ones who couldn’t find covercurled as they were incinerated. Notice my use … Continue reading →

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Impossible Whopper, No Onion, Heavy Pickle

Posted on 2023/04/19 by Bartholomew Barker

I have a weekly audience with the Kingand I drive away with a burger without cow,enjoying both the flavor and textureof the patty — glad that a fellow mammaldid not die for my lunch. If I eat less beef, I … Continue reading →

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The Waltz

Posted on 2023/04/18 by Bartholomew Barker

We’ve danced this dance before but I appreciate your enthusiasm when I ask and offer you my hand. We fit together like comfortable clothes. The music leads our heart though I still step on your feet more than either of … Continue reading →

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When the Bladder’s Afferent Signals Ascend the Spinal Cord an Hour before the Dawn

Posted on 2023/04/17 by Bartholomew Barker

I find the restroom and not a moment too late but I must be in some Gothic institution a prison or asylum — the plumbing is exposed the fixtures made of dark heavy grained stone Spigots labelled with cryptic symbols … Continue reading →

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The Grasshoppers of a Mind

Posted on 2023/04/16 by Bartholomew Barker

Thoughts like grasshoppers dance in a fallow field, never resting in one spot long enough to feed. I try to shepherd them and fail. My volition gusting in vain as some jump from my hair and others fly into my … Continue reading →

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