Tag Archives: climate

Fraiku: 90 seconds to Midnight

Posted on 2023-01-27 by Bartholomew Barker

We dodged the nuclear bulletonly to devise a slow extinction by climatethen got bored when that took too long

Posted in Poetry | Tagged climate, fraiku, haiku, nuclear, politics | 26 Comments

Fraiku: Bomb Cyclone

Posted on 2022-12-23 by Bartholomew Barker

“Once in a generation”Why do these stormshappen every winter?

Posted in Poetry | Tagged climate, disaster, fraiku, haiku | 23 Comments

James Dean and A Planet Shaped Vase

Posted on 2022-10-02 by Bartholomew Barker

I’m proud to announce that one of my “history haiku” has been published over at Whispers and Echoes. It actually went up Friday, September 30th, the anniversary of James Dean death. And I’m pleased to announce that one of my … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged climate, crisis, james dean, publication | 29 Comments

Stand With Me

Posted on 2022-07-19 by Bartholomew Barker

Stand with mewhile wildfires race the windand ash clouds the sky.I’ll wipe your tears. Stand with mewhile flash floods scour the cityand debris tumbles by.I won’t let go. Stand with mewhile gunshots echo off hillsand anger crowds the people.I’ll be … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged climate, disaster, fire, flood, poem | 17 Comments

Fraiku: Gridlock

Posted on 2022-05-27 by Bartholomew Barker

When corporationsprofit more off the problemthan the solution

Posted in Poetry | Tagged climate, fraiku, gun, haiku, health, politics | 20 Comments

Earth Day 2022

Posted on 2022-04-26 by Bartholomew Barker

For today’s prompt (the final Two-for-Tuesday prompt of the month), write a love and/or anti-love poem. Earth Day 2022for Wynn Bruce You sacrificed yourself for us— for all of us outside the Supreme Court While we drove our hybrids wrote … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged climate, immolation, Poem-A-Day, protest, wynn bruce | 13 Comments

A Planet-Shaped Vase

Posted on 2022-04-09 by Bartholomew Barker

For today’s prompt, write a breaking poem. A Planet-Shaped Vase On a no school snow dayplaying ball in the houseI broke a fancy vase Instead of attempting repairwith cartoon cow glueI found my father’s hammer Smashed the shardsenjoying the crack … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged break, climate, Poem-A-Day, politics, war | 6 Comments

Magnificent Desolation

Posted on 2021-09-20 by Bartholomew Barker

Magnificent Desolation The second man on the Moon called it “magnificentdesolation” when he first stood upon her powdery surface.I wasn’t even born then but in my spacesuit,patching solar panels, I find no better words. We’re the invading aliens in our … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged climate, crisis, future, moon, science fiction | 5 Comments

Lost Worlds published by Extinction Rebellion

Posted on 2021-07-12 by Bartholomew Barker

I’m proud to announce that Lost Worlds, one of my poems-a-day from this April, has been published at the Extinction Rebellion Creative Hub. I strongly encourage all my poet friends to send them any poems you’ve written inspired by the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged climate, crisis, global warming, publication | 11 Comments

The sun’s no hotter

Posted on 2021-05-25 by Bartholomew Barker

The sun’s no hotter It’s just the atmospheresoaking it all inlike a pasty beach bodywith no SPF Burning We slept too longskin red as a tornadoon doppler or a lobsterboiling in a pot This is the inheritanceof my angry children—blisters … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged beach, climate, crisis, heatwave | 9 Comments