Tag Archives: bobo

Canis Redivivus! at MasticadoresUsa

Posted on 2025-10-29 by Bartholomew Barker

I am pleased to announce that my old poem Canis Redivisus! is up on MasticadoresUsa as part of their pet poetry series. Don’t worry, only the title is in Latin. Here’s the first stanza: My dog sleeps like a beach … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged bobo, dog, masticadores, publication | 9 Comments

Thoughtful Gifts

Posted on 2024-03-25 by Bartholomew Barker

Gave my fish a bicycle for his birthday but he does not ride it around his bowl. Gave my loyal dog Bobo a modern poetry anthology but I never see him reading though it has been chewed. Gave the cat … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged bicycle, bobo, cat, dog, fish, gift, moriarty, poem, religion | 51 Comments

Too Long Too Long

Posted on 2024-02-12 by Bartholomew Barker

His deep round voice resonates against my thin apartment walls the next door neighbor dog howls the vapid sound of loneliness My dog Bobo howls in solidarity and seems confused when chastised for this is no ambulance siren but a … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged bobo, dog, howl, love, poem | 17 Comments

A Bird in the Hand…

Posted on 2023-04-27 by Bartholomew Barker

Bobo wouldn’t know what to do with a bird if he ever caught one. He’d probably play with it like a chew toy until it stopped squeaking then leave me to bury the body. Moriarty has honed instincts for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged bird, bobo, cat, dog, glopowrimo, moriarty, napowrimo, poem, Poem-A-Day | 4 Comments

How to Dig a Hole

Posted on 2023-04-10 by Bartholomew Barker

Best after a good rainwhen the earth is softand odors are amplified Follow your nose to an interesting spotthen loosen the soil with your clawsto get through the top layer of grass Throw the dirt with your pawsbetween your legs … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged bobo, dig, dog, hole, poem, Poem-A-Day | 20 Comments

30 Reasons April is the Cruellest Month

Posted on 2023-04-01 by Bartholomew Barker

Bobo‘s favorite tennis ball, the color of pine tree pollen,still rests in my hand after a pump fake launched him running.He saunters back, tail wagging, ready for another round,not realizing he’s been the victim of a cruel joke. Moriarty doesn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged april, bobo, cat, dog, fool, moriarty, poem, Poem-A-Day | 23 Comments

Canis Redivivus!

Posted on 2022-08-22 by Bartholomew Barker

Canis Redivivus! My dog sleeps like a beach towel drying in the sunafter a vibrant afternoon throwing his tennis ballinto the lake, scaring fish and snapping gnats. When he’s had his fill of fecund water, he collapsesonto the sand, panting, … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged beach, bobo, dog, poem, sleep, summer | 32 Comments

Far from the Madding Crows

Posted on 2022-04-17 by Bartholomew Barker

Another combination of two prompts:For today’s prompt, write a mad poem.Comic artist Lynda Barry, and asks you to write about dogs you have known, seen, or heard about. Far from the Madding Crows There’s a murder of crows conveningoutside my … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged bobo, cat, dog, mad, moriarty, Poem-A-Day | 7 Comments

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 →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged art, bobo, dog, Poem-A-Day, smells | 18 Comments