Tag Archives: fish

Sonnet for Me and my Dinner

Posted on 2024-07-10 by Bartholomew Barker

I’ve been underwater for almost a month beneath a gray sky no sun — no moon not even a hope of stars Like a cod swimming in the North Sea through cool familiar waters then plucked from home thrown into … Continue reading →

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Dining Gold

Posted on 2024-06-17 by Bartholomew Barker

Gold ingots mined from the sea with nets veins swimming in the dark Gold nuggets mined from the soil with spades the sun regrown underground Gold not melted like the lager glimmering in my glass but deep fried with mushy … Continue reading →

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Thoughtful Gifts

Posted on 2024-03-25 by Bartholomew Barker

Gave my fish a bicycle for his birthday but he does not ride it around his bowl. Gave my loyal dog Bobo a modern poetry anthology but I never see him reading though it has been chewed. Gave the cat … Continue reading →

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The Bees and the Bushes

Posted on 2022-04-22 by Bartholomew Barker

For today’s prompt, write an organism poem. The Bees and the Bushes This bumble bee couldn’t care lessas I watch him work the blossoms.I stretch my aging back and noticethere are dozens of bees bumbling. Over the distant fields I … Continue reading →

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My Favorite Season

Posted on 2021-03-11 by Bartholomew Barker

My Favorite Season It’s not when the leaves turn or the snow falls.It’s not when the flowers bloom or the days are long. It’s when the McRib® is put to bedfor it’s ten month hibernation and the green milkshakes all … Continue reading →

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Interesting Times

Posted on 2020-04-07 by Bartholomew Barker

For today’s prompt: Write a lucky poem and/or Write an unlucky poem. Interesting Times I was talking with this fish the other day while I rested on a rock in the Eno River along the trail I was hiking. She’d … Continue reading →

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In Praise of Mushy Peas

Posted on 2018-08-06 by Bartholomew Barker

The first draft of this poem was written at the Chelsea Pensioner pub back in June during my vacation in London. In Praise of Mushy Peas Green as spring Birthed in the garden Plucked by man Bred for the task … Continue reading →

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Cooper’s Catch, Kaikoura

Posted on 2018-04-06 by Bartholomew Barker

For today’s prompt, pick a food, make it the title of your poem, and write your poem. It can be a food you love, food you hate, or food you’ve never even tried before. Your poem can be about the … Continue reading →

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