Tag Archives: Chocolate

A Good Winter Night

Posted on 2022/01/05 by Bartholomew Barker

A Good Winter Night Unlike the impatient dawnwhich erupts upon the worldlike a chocolate covered cherry Sunset eases graceful silentand welcoming as an old bookby a fireplace in winter Sink into this well-worn couchput your feet in my laplet me … Continue reading →

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Treasure published at Spillwords

Posted on 2020/12/17 by Bartholomew Barker

I’m pleased to announce that one of my chocolate holiday poems from Milkshakes and Chilidogs called “Treasure” was reprinted at Spillwords. Here’s your chance to read it, if you don’t own my chapbook. And if you don’t own Milkshakes and … Continue reading →

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The Pudding on the Cake

Posted on 2018/12/13 by Bartholomew Barker

Last night I hosted my annual Holiday Chocolate Open Mic at Matthew’s Chocolates in festive downtown Hillsborough. It was an intimate crowd of poets and an appreciative audience sharing wine and chocolate on a chilling evening. So, in that spirit, … Continue reading →

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Reminders

Posted on 2017/08/21 by Bartholomew Barker

I observed my first total solar eclipse today from a cemetery in Travelers Rest, South Carolina. It was quite impressive and I’m sure eclipses will be a theme in my poetry for the next several months. More on that later. … Continue reading →

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Well Desserted

Posted on 2016/09/26 by Bartholomew Barker

That chocolate sonnet of mine that Parody published last month just appeared on their blog. Check it out!  

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Parody Poetry

Posted on 2016/08/22 by Bartholomew Barker

Having a poem published online is great but I get a certain thrill to see my poems made flesh on the printed page. Today my copy of Parody arrived in the mail and with it Chocolate Sonnet 18! I’m honored … Continue reading →

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Chocolate Memories

Posted on 2016/05/03 by Bartholomew Barker

A new poem which I read at the most recent chocolate open mic. Chocolate Memories Gold foil just a glint catches my eye I remember milk chocolate formed into coins a delicate snap as I bite Hot chocolate returns me … Continue reading →

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December Solstice

Posted on 2015/12/21 by Bartholomew Barker

Happy Solstice, dear readers! The chocolate holiday open mic was a delight. It was standing room only in Matthew’s. We shared two bottles of wine, a couple dozen poems and almost as many truffles. To celebrate the longest night of … Continue reading →

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Poetry Between the Lines and Truffles

Posted on 2015/08/24 by Bartholomew Barker

Tomorrow evening at Matthew’s Chocolates in dazzling downtown Hillsborough, North Carolina, I’ll be hosting a Living Poetry event we’re calling Poetry Between the Lines and Truffles where my fellow living poets and I will discuss four poems by H.D. while … Continue reading →

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Holiday Chocolate Open Mic

Posted on 2013/12/18 by Bartholomew Barker

I’m off to my office holiday party tonight but just wanted to fire off a reminder that I’ll be reading a brand new chocolate holiday poem at Matthew’s Chocolates in glittering downtown Hillsborough tomorrow at 7pm. To whet your appetite, … Continue reading →

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