Tag Archives: moon

Moonlight Sonata

Posted on 2024-04-17 by Bartholomew Barker

for both Ludwigs Beethoven only gave it a number, Piano Sonata Fourteen. Years later the poet Rellstab named it Mondscheinsonate and I will not dispute his license. For when Selene rises at sundown behind the darkened trees and casts a … Continue reading →

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Lunar Eclipse

Posted on 2023-04-15 by Bartholomew Barker

We cast a long shadow. Long enough to engulf our daughter moon who looks like a cratered white chocolate cookie full in the sky until a circular bite invades an edge and she’s consumed. Then she turns to blood but … Continue reading →

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Haiku for the Moon

Posted on 2022-11-28 by Bartholomew Barker

She shines her sideways smileFrom too low in the skyPolaris too high Image taken from my hotel room with my phone. She looms much larger in my mind’s eye.

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Fraiku: Me & Wolves

Posted on 2022-11-11 by Bartholomew Barker

I write poetry with the same intent as wolves howling at the moon

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The Great Pumpkin Moon on Spillwords

Posted on 2022-10-22 by Bartholomew Barker

I’m pleased to announce that one of my Halloween Haiku, The Great Pumpkin Moon, was published over at Spillwords earlier today.

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Fraiku: Lunacy

Posted on 2022-09-09 by Bartholomew Barker

At sunset the sky lifts her skirt— full moon rises tonight we howl

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Past Time to Move On

Posted on 2022-04-30 by Bartholomew Barker

For today’s prompt, write a moving on poem. Past Time to Move On There were men walking on the moonwhen I was a boy with my telescopein the backyard looking for planets Watching Star Trek after schoolI figured that by … Continue reading →

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Luna’s Lament

Posted on 2022-01-31 by Bartholomew Barker

Luna’s Lament Isn’t that just like a man?Visit six times in three yearsthen ghost for more than fifty. Worse still, peeping at methrough telescopes at night,buzzing me with drones. I am so done with Apollo’s male gaze.My tears have frozen … Continue reading →

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A Sensuous Life on Drabble!

Posted on 2022-01-10 by Bartholomew Barker

Yesterday, The Drabble posted a poem of mine called A Sensuous Life. I love the image they picked for it! If you don’t follow their postings, I strongly encourage you to. They only post “drabbles” or poems/prose that are less … Continue reading →

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Lunar Eclipse Fraiku

Posted on 2021-11-19 by Bartholomew Barker

Do not come betweenthe Sun and his daughter Moonlest there be blood

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