Tag Archives: sleep

Susurrations

Posted on 2023-11-06 by Bartholomew Barker

Atlantean waves slide ceaseless into the sand the sound climbs the side of my skyscraper where I search from sufficient syllables to describe their whispry lullaby I sleep on the balcony wrapped in sheets as the fog blankets the seaside … Continue reading →

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Canis Redivivus!

Posted on 2022-08-22 by Bartholomew Barker

Canis Redivivus! My dog sleeps like a beach towel drying in the sunafter a vibrant afternoon throwing his tennis ballinto the lake, scaring fish and snapping gnats. When he’s had his fill of fecund water, he collapsesonto the sand, panting, … Continue reading →

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Brave and Reckless: Mad World

Posted on 2020-10-21 by Bartholomew Barker

The Brave and Reckless Blog posted a little poem I wrote for one of their prompts. It’s called Sleep the Sleep of the Dead and it was prompted by that wonderful song Roland Orzabal of Tears for Fears wrote and … Continue reading →

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Sleep

Posted on 2016-05-30 by Bartholomew Barker

This past Thursday I was among four poets who attended the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences’ Science Cafe lecture “Shining Evolutionary Light on Human Sleep and Health”. After the presentation we poets did some writing and read the results … Continue reading →

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