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Online Dating Haiku

Posted on 2020/01/13 by Bartholomew Barker

Mining for true gold in online personal ads all I find — pyrite (from the Monday Living Poetry Prompt)

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Leg Man

Posted on 2019/12/09 by Bartholomew Barker

Leg Man Watching the subtle streaks on the inner glass, only visible under precise light and vintage, I wonder who’ll appear on this blind date? The wine is the skirt, the source of those shapely apparitions. Will her legs be … Continue reading →

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Waiting at the Bar

Posted on 2019/11/18 by Bartholomew Barker

Waiting at the Bar Don’t talk to me, I’m quite content watching you pour and mix while I sip and twirl, awash in the hum of other conversations and the ting of silverware. Let me savor these moments, anticipating her … Continue reading →

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Men at Work

Posted on 2019/06/12 by Bartholomew Barker

Men at Work Watching men work their way down the bar, talking to women, unintroduced. The ladies play with these Lotharios like cats with mice. I envy the prey. I am alien here. A poet lost in a strange land, … Continue reading →

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Lucky Guy

Posted on 2019/04/08 by Bartholomew Barker

For today’s prompt, write a lucky number poem. Some people have lucky numbers, some don’t. Wherever you fall on the lucky number spectrum, you can still write a poem about the phenomenon of lucky numbers and/or luck in general. Lucky … Continue reading →

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