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Coalesce Broadsides!

Posted on 2023/01/18 by Bartholomew Barker

For my dear readers who can’t visit the Eno Arts Mill Gallery in Hillsborough, North Carolina, this month but still want to check out the Coalesce exhibit of visuals paired with poetry, you can do it online and even buy … Continue reading →

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Coalesce

Posted on 2023/01/09 by Bartholomew Barker

Last Friday, about the time my Fraiku posting, I was reading two of my poems to over a hundred art lovers at the opening night of an exhibit in my town of Hillsborough, North Carolina. Coalesce, A Collaboration of Poetry … Continue reading →

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My Dog Bobo

Posted on 2022/04/03 by Bartholomew Barker

For today’s prompt, write a smell poem. My Dog Bobo Gets frustrated while we walkbecause I don’t let him savorthe odors in the earthor on the tree trunks My nose fails to fathomthe subtle shades of scentthe delicate melody on … Continue reading →

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Sketching Sonnet

Posted on 2019/04/21 by Bartholomew Barker

For today’s prompt, write a sketch poem. My initial thought is to write a poem that’s like a sketch of a moment or an object. But you can play around with sketchy people or situations. Or just sketch something else … Continue reading →

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Shearstone

Posted on 2019/04/04 by Bartholomew Barker

For today’s prompt, pick a painter, make him or her the title of your poem, and then, write your poem. Possible painters include Salvador Dali, Frida Kahlo, or Pablo Picasso. Of course, you don’t have to go with the big … Continue reading →

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