Tag Archives: pandemic

Partially Vaccinated

Posted on 2021/04/20 by Bartholomew Barker

And somehow we’re already on our third Two-for-Tuesday prompt of the month. This is the one that shows up each and every April. For this Two-for-Tuesday prompt from Robert Lee Brewer’s Write Better Poetry blog: Write a love poem and/or…Write … Continue reading →

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Four Images

Posted on 2021/01/05 by Bartholomew Barker

Four Images Waking up seasickin my land-locked bed I can still smell my wineyet it lacks flavor Sitting still feelslike giving up The vaccine comes too latefor far too many

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Moriarty

Posted on 2020/11/10 by Bartholomew Barker

Moriarty I’ve got a roommatean old tomcatdon’t know his namebut I call him Moriartyhe doesn’t seem to mind We used to leave the apartmenttogether after twilightgo about our separate businessesin back alleysand dank clubs We’d usually returnaround dawn— drunkmissing a … Continue reading →

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