Tag Archives: poem

Harvest Halloween

Posted on 2025-10-13 by Bartholomew Barker

All the husky, rusty tossels of the corn have been rustled into the barn. Harvest done, we dress up and load up into a wood-paneled station wagon bound for town. Witches, princesses, plenty of ghosts, a Frankenstein’s Monster and one … Continue reading →

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In Medusa’s Kitchen

Posted on 2025-10-09 by Bartholomew Barker

I am pleased to announce that yesterday seven of my old poems visited Medusa’s Kitchen. If you’re new to my work, here’s a good place to check out these previously published pieces from the past decade, including one that got … Continue reading →

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After the Homecoming Dance

Posted on 2025-10-06 by Bartholomew Barker

In the backseat of my parents’ car we sit and don’t talk about the only thing on our mind. Like my girlfriend, the harvest moon rises above soon to be naked trees yet is still covered by thin clouds like … Continue reading →

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How I Learned to Write Poetry at The Lake

Posted on 2025-10-01 by Bartholomew Barker

I’m very proud to announce that a new poem of mine has just been published at The Lake. My thanks to John Murphy for accepting my work. How I Learned to Write Poetry starts like this: Little boy in a … Continue reading →

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The Nature of Nurture at Whispers and Echoes

Posted on 2025-09-24 by Bartholomew Barker

I’m proud to announce that my poem The Nature of Nurture has been published over at Whispers and Echoes. Thanks, Sammi! The Nature of Nurture is a Kwansaba, first written over ten years ago. I’d never heard of this form … Continue reading →

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Autumnal Equinox 2025

Posted on 2025-09-22 by Bartholomew Barker

Egg balanced on railroad tracks white as a late summer cloud delicate as democracy An iron train rumbles in like a storm soon to obliterate the inner sun rusted leaves swirling litter behind A lumpy swamp-colored walnut crashes to the … Continue reading →

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Leave me the night at Whispers and Echoes

Posted on 2025-09-17 by Bartholomew Barker

I’m proud to announce that one of my old previously unpublished poems has been posted to Whispers and Echoes. Thank you, Sammi! The first version of Leave me the night was written as part of my 2012 April Poem-a-Day Challenge, … Continue reading →

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I’ll Never Finish My Autobiography at MasticadoresUSA

Posted on 2025-09-15 by Bartholomew Barker

I am pleased to announce that one of my newer poems, I’ll Never Finish My Autobiography has just been posted at MasticadoresUSA. Thank you, Barbara! It starts: Keep your notebook and penat hand just in case you fall. Remember that … Continue reading →

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Table for One, Please

Posted on 2025-09-08 by Bartholomew Barker

Glass of red wine in one hand and a purple pen in the other. If I had antennae, they’d be quivering. The booth to my right wraps around two men, complaining about the wives they fear to lose. The booth … Continue reading →

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Just Like Writing Poetry

Posted on 2025-09-01 by Bartholomew Barker

Spent all morning washing the clothes, birds on the wing in the bright blue, I smiled back at the sun in his sky. But as soon as I hang the wash on the line the gulls and clouds fly in … Continue reading →

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