Tag Archives: kayak

Agent of Empire

Posted on 2021-11-09 by Bartholomew Barker

Agent of Empire I tried to change the systemfrom within. I failed. Our Empire is not easily turned.We’re not a kayak on a lakewhere dipping a paddlebrings new direction. We’re an ocean container shipthat doesn’t notice heavy seasand plows heedless … Continue reading →

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Bucket List

Posted on 2017-04-15 by Bartholomew Barker

Today was the National Poetry Month Pen & Paddle organized by my fellow living poet, Tara Lynne Groth. We spent about five hours on the water and took four writing breaks. The poem below emerged during our second when I … Continue reading →

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Pen and Paddle

Posted on 2016-11-03 by Bartholomew Barker

This past Saturday my friend, fellow poet and co-organizer of Living Poetry, Tara Lynne Groth, hosted a Pen & Paddle on the Haw River in Alamance County, North Carolina. There were four writers who put kayak in water and paddled … Continue reading →

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