Tag Archives: snow

Stuck

Posted on 2025-12-08 by Bartholomew Barker

Like snow that doesn’t stick I’m waiting for these aches To accumulate into regret over you (For Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt and Living Poetry’s Monday Prompt.)

Posted in Poetry | Tagged ache, pain, poem, regret, snow, wait, winter | 3 Comments

Hush

Posted on 2024-08-05 by Bartholomew Barker

Like the color of thunder or the taste of a song be like the snow falling at midnight in the woods where Robert Frost stopped then chose to keep going

Posted in Poetry | Tagged night, poem, snow, woods | 9 Comments

Life and Death in January

Posted on 2024-01-22 by Bartholomew Barker

Birds outside my window appear extra juicy but I know they’re just fluffing their feathers to fight the inevitable. Moriarty leaves passive aggressive notes for me in my bed or shoes if I don’t let him outside despite a wind … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged bird, cat, moriarty, poem, snow, winter | 14 Comments

Wobbles the Wiener Dog

Posted on 2023-12-05 by Bartholomew Barker

I don’t mind the cold it’s these strangities on my paws that bother They hinder my dig into the drifts to sniff some furry deep under the snow The chill is worth the thrill of winter play snapping at snowballs … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged dog, poem, snow, winter | 15 Comments

They Called Me Cardie

Posted on 2022-12-12 by Bartholomew Barker

because of my bright red parka and black ski mask a chubby shadow engraved in the snow while my sled sped downhill alone (for the Living Poetry Visual Prompt and Sammi Cox’s Weekend Writing Prompt.)

Posted in Poetry | Tagged cardinal, poem, sled, snow, winter | 15 Comments

Fraiku: More Snow Tonight

Posted on 2022-01-28 by Bartholomew Barker

Listen to the snowFill these woods at nightWhile old trees shrug

Posted in Poetry | Tagged forest, fraiku, haiku, snow, tree, winter, woods | 9 Comments

The Rhythm of Melting Snow

Posted on 2022-01-23 by Bartholomew Barker

If I close my eyesand face the sunI can almost rememberspring

Posted in Poetry | Tagged haiku, snow, sun, winter | 2 Comments

Fraiku: Winter Walk

Posted on 2022-01-21 by Bartholomew Barker

Frozen footfalls crunchBundled like an astronautIgnored by the sun

Posted in Poetry | Tagged fraiku, frozen, haiku, snow, winter | 5 Comments

It doesn’t take a weatherman…

Posted on 2021-01-08 by Bartholomew Barker

It doesn’t take a weatherman… An inch of pure snowfirst of the seasonpromised by local newsmore interested in clicksthan accuracy Early January snow forgivescovers a multitude of sinsleaving the world freshbeautiful as a crystalready for new growth But the anger … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged capitol, insurrection, politics, riot, snow | 3 Comments

Power Outage

Posted on 2019-04-20 by Bartholomew Barker

For today’s prompt, write a dark poem. Cave poems, poems at night, and no electricity poems–these are all appropriate for today’s prompt. Of course, dark has several other connotations as well. An underdog is often known as a dark horse, … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged night, Poem-A-Day, snow | 6 Comments