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Summer Evening Sonnet

Posted on 2023-06-26 by Bartholomew Barker

When the sun stays up late because it isn’t a school night, we spend the evenings playing outside, a pack of neighborhood kids tossing a baseball, football, Frisbee, whatever isn’t stuck on a roof or disappeared down a storm drain. … Continue reading →

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When We Were Puppies

Posted on 2022-05-31 by Bartholomew Barker

When We Were Puppies We’d play Ball in the Hallwhere I’d throw down the corridorand he’d run full blastcatch it on the bounceclaws skittering against hardwoodthen slam into the closetat the far end and trotback proud and joyful He bit … Continue reading →

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Fraiku: Purpose

Posted on 2021-08-13 by Bartholomew Barker

The purpose of a porpoisepostulated precisely in a pleasing poemthat the porpoise’s purpose’s play (For this week’s Living Poetry Prompt and, just in case you missed it, my poem At the Beach appeared on Whispers and Echoes yesterday.)

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