Tag Archives: climate

Thinking about War

Posted on 2025-06-23 by Bartholomew Barker

They keep it cold in the skyscrapers so the old men can wear their suit jackets. I escape into the real and heat seeps into my skin revealed by rolling up sleeves and relax in untamed air. But delicious thaw … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged capitalism, catastrophe, climate, heatwave, poem, summer | 12 Comments

Fenrir is Coming

Posted on 2025-05-19 by Bartholomew Barker

I think I remember seeing my breath as a kid but maybe that’s just a story my parents told— like their claim I once tasted snow. The Arctic ocean mirrors the azure sky— I stand on the rail of a … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged arctic, breath, catastrophe, climate, poem, slow, wolf | 15 Comments

Fraiku: Roadtrip

Posted on 2025-05-02 by Bartholomew Barker

I mourn the bugs I didn’t have to wipe off my windshield (Bugs Matter survey shows ongoing decline in UK flying insects.)

Posted in Poetry | Tagged catastrophe, climate, fraiku, haiku, Insect | 14 Comments

Vacation Planning

Posted on 2025-04-22 by Bartholomew Barker

Let’s go to the beach this summer, splurge on soft serve and funnel cake, before the ocean reaches up and drags the boardwalk down. Let’s play one more game of Skeeball, as the Red Hats cheer the masculine waves and … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged catastrophe, climate, day, earth, poem, politics | 27 Comments

An American Eats Sushi in Edinburgh

Posted on 2024-07-02 by Bartholomew Barker

I once counted States visited on family vacation roadtrips proud when we’d entered every one east of the Mississippi even if only to see the back of the Welcome To sign Now I collect stamps in my passport bleary-eyed banter … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Scotland 2024 | Tagged climate, poem, travel | 13 Comments

Midnight

Posted on 2024-04-18 by Bartholomew Barker

Rain on the tinroof drowses me to sleep in a brave new world of annual thousand-year floods this summer tempest will be what dreams are made of For Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Tempest.

Posted in Poetry | Tagged climate, napowrimo, poem, Poem-A-Day, Shakespeare, storm | 3 Comments

Hell Hath No Fury

Posted on 2024-03-05 by Bartholomew Barker

Mother Nature marches alongside her angry daughters in pink hats and sensible shoes wind howling protest We chopped down her forests planted crops — erected fences claimed her as property exploited — leaving her empty Allied with her fellow women … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged climate, poem, protest, women | 12 Comments

Fraiku: Haikonfusion

Posted on 2023-12-01 by Bartholomew Barker

Killing frost then sultry storms Pink buds next to rusty leaves All seasons all year ’round (News: Japan’s haiku poets lost for words as climate crisis disrupts seasons)

Posted in Poetry | Tagged climate, crisis, fraiku, haiku | 19 Comments

The Burning

Posted on 2023-11-28 by Bartholomew Barker

Born in a cottage by an oasis in the vast emptiness, we precocious children play with matches, setting our home ablaze. We grab the extinguisher with blistered hands but our cousins pry it away and smash us in the face. … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged climate, fire, poem, politics | 15 Comments

Stand with Me Published at Edge of Humanity

Posted on 2023-02-27 by Bartholomew Barker

I am pleased to announce that Edge of Humanity Magazine has published an old poem of mine, Stand With Me. Once again, I strongly encourage all my readers check it out and follow their excellent site. Here’s the first stanza … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged climate, disaster, publication | 23 Comments