Tag Archives: stripper

Closing Time

Posted on 2023-10-25 by Bartholomew Barker

Final chord settling Into velvet-draped walls Dancers safely back stage False dawn at 2 a.m. As lights undim They say you don’t have to go home But you can’t stay here I sit in my cold car Windows down Exhaling … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged alcohol, dancer, poem, stripper, Wednesday Night Regular | 14 Comments

Blinded

Posted on 2023-09-20 by Bartholomew Barker

Take off my glasses so there’s nothing between our eyes Stay close to these windows of my myopic soul I just want to feel The curve of your hips in my hands the smell of your baby powder skin the … Continue reading →

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Her Hand in Mine

Posted on 2023-09-06 by Bartholomew Barker

An innocent gestureIn this decadent clubSipping my wineChatting with herShe slips her hand into mineOur fingers braidThis effortless warmthIs what I treasureNot that she’s half nakedNot that for a dollarShe’ll remove her bra Another regular arrivesShe asks permissionTo go to … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged dancer, poem, stripper, Wednesday Night Regular | 12 Comments

Ballerinas

Posted on 2023-08-09 by Bartholomew Barker

All little girls at some pointWant to be ballerinasTo color with joyful danceThis gray grown-up worldBut life dissolves dreamsDebts demand paymentWith money as easyAs lifting a skirtDelicate limbs twistTo please hollow menWatching their phonesInstead of breasts freedFor their approvalRejection still … Continue reading →

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Sappho’s Song

Posted on 2023-06-28 by Bartholomew Barker

Sing me no songs of the daylight For the sun is the enemy of lovers Sing me instead of shadows and darkness And the memories of midnight Sing me no songs of domestic brews For the usual beers do not … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged dancer, poem, sappho, stripper, Wednesday Night Regular | 9 Comments

Charli

Posted on 2023-06-07 by Bartholomew Barker

She is a torch In deep caves Where men have Lost vision She glows from Some inner joy We huddle around For warmth She can’t hide Bright shines Her eyes And smile All I need do Is look up From … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged bright, poem, stripper, Wednesday Night Regular | 10 Comments

Cyan

Posted on 2023-05-17 by Bartholomew Barker

Caramel and vanillaDrape the stale airLike the cyan dressFalling from her body She soothes me withKind attentionSmiling wordsFeminine touch My eyes follow hipsSwaying to musicUp the concavityTo her teacup breasts She dances barefootLeaning against meLike a pale celloBetween my legs … Continue reading →

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Sappho’s Song (2021)

Posted on 2021-08-31 by Bartholomew Barker

Sappho’s Song Sing me no songs of the daylightfor the sun is the enemy of lovers.Sing me instead of shadows and darknessand the memories of midnight. Sing me no songs of domestic brewsfor the lite beers do not intoxicate.Sing me … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged redhead, sappho, stripper, Wednesday Night Regular | 9 Comments

The New Normal

Posted on 2020-04-17 by Bartholomew Barker

For today’s prompt, write an exotic poem. The New Normal That new dancer has some style legs as long as night I wonder how high her heels are within those Tyvek boots Clear plastic in all the right places crinkling … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged coronavirus, covid-19, Poem-A-Day, stripper | 4 Comments

Astronaut Sonnet

Posted on 2019-07-03 by Bartholomew Barker

Astronaut Sonnet She floats in orbit around the pole wearing a skintight see-through spacesuit. She scans the club, observing the primitives who slip green paper into her Möbius garter. She doesn’t belong, neither angel nor alien, strutting eight inches above … Continue reading →

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