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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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Sonnet: Though we live in different worlds…

Posted on 2021-05-10 by Bartholomew Barker

Though we live in different worlds,let me be the moonlight glitteringyour hair while you dream and the voice of that tenoron the radio filling an opera houseas he sings for his new bride. Let me be the aroma of breadbaking … Continue reading →

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She reads by moonlight

Posted on 2020-11-16 by Bartholomew Barker

She reads by moonlight—real books of ink and paper.She watches televisionwith the sound off. She leaves Spotify runningas she fades to sleep—volume low as a blanketso she’ll dream her own songs. She loves my poetry but neverwants to meet the … Continue reading →

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