Tag Archives: sonnet

Like a Tree in April

Posted on 2024/04/27 by Bartholomew Barker

We hold deep conversations when you’re not around. I explain why I don’t enjoy Star Trek: Discovery and what could convince me there was a god. You’re the perfect companion always asking the right questions, never probing where I don’t … Continue reading →

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Winter Solstice Sonnet 2023

Posted on 2023/12/21 by Bartholomew Barker

I met a golden retriever on my walk. He couldn’t articulate it but he knew. I could tell by his wag and fluffed up fur, it’s the shortest day of the year. The chickadees know it. Their frantic upending of … Continue reading →

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Sonnet on Sneezing

Posted on 2023/04/12 by Bartholomew Barker

When my ex would sneezeshe’d bring her delicate handup to her nose, turn to one side,spasm and toot— as though a unicornhad just farted a rainbow. For me, the pressure buildsbelow my brain then my face crumples,neck pulls back to … Continue reading →

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Squirrels have Personalities

Posted on 2021/09/13 by Bartholomew Barker

Squirrels have Personalities I’ve got no beef with the quiet oneswho go about their squirrely business,turning over brittle brown leavesin search of fatty seeds and nuts. It’s the ruffians and scapegracesin the yard, taunting my cat, Moriarty,with their harsh chitters … Continue reading →

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The Opposite of the Fear of Falling

Posted on 2021/07/05 by Bartholomew Barker

The Opposite of the Fear of Falling Memories like sparkling tethersbind me to my boyhood homemy first date with each wifemy car parked in the west lot With the merest scent of cut grassI’m tugged back to the side yardplaying … Continue reading →

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Sonnet: Though we live in different worlds…

Posted on 2021/05/10 by Bartholomew Barker

Though we live in different worlds,let me be the moonlight glitteringyour hair while you dream and the voice of that tenoron the radio filling an opera houseas he sings for his new bride. Let me be the aroma of breadbaking … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday, Elizabeth Barrett Browning!

Posted on 2021/03/06 by Bartholomew Barker

Today is the 215th anniversary of Elizabeth Barrett Browning‘s birth. Earlier this week I spent some time online with the good folks of Charles House talking about Mrs. Barrett Browning’s poetry. As is our tradition, we wrote a little poem … Continue reading →

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Prescription

Posted on 2020/12/28 by Bartholomew Barker

Prescription Let’s rip the foil off this new yearlike an unopened bottle of pills—stumbling for the too small tabalong the sticky edgesuntil I just jam my fat thumbthrough it in frustration. Pluck the cotton— bright as the full moonand throw … Continue reading →

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