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When I Woke Up in Panoply

Posted on 2024-05-04 by Bartholomew Barker

I am very proud to announce that a new poem of mine, When I Woke Up, has been published at Panoply. Many thanks to the editors Andrea, Clara, and Jeff for accepting my work.

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Fraiku: Mothers

Posted on 2024-01-05 by Bartholomew Barker

No sleep so sound as when I’m snuggled in my mother’s arms (Inspired by the news story, Elephant calf separated from herd reunited with mother.)

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Our Daughter

Posted on 2023-09-11 by Bartholomew Barker

Once visited daily by grieving parents then annually for careful weeding and fresh flowers a tradition in late May continued by brothers even though Alice was only a vague memory of a sickly older sister in a darkened room Still … Continue reading →

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Fraiku: Not just a little shy

Posted on 2023-01-06 by Bartholomew Barker

When I grow up I want to live under the sea where it’s quiet and dark (for this month’s Visual Poetry Prompt.)

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Free Verse Revolution: Tahmina

Posted on 2022-09-24 by Bartholomew Barker

I am very proud to announce that one of my poems, Another Birth, has been published in the current issue of Free Verse Revolution: Tahmina: (love & loss). You can download the PDF for free but, once you see it, … Continue reading →

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Childhood Memories of an Afternoon Nap

Posted on 2022-07-11 by Bartholomew Barker

Childhood Memories of an Afternoon Nap Sneaking out the bedroom windowjumping off the porch roofrunning to the park pastthe fragrant rose bushes Climbing the cherry treeback to the turtle sandboxwith our crimson treats Then to the big swingswhere we pump … Continue reading →

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