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The Sunflower Sessions Open Mic

Posted on 2022-12-04 by Bartholomew Barker

On the last Wednesday of each month for the past fifteen years(!) The Sunflower Sessions has been offering an open mic to the poets of Dublin. I showed up at the Lord Edward Pub, a cute rickety old pub in … Continue reading →

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I want to be a tree when I grow up

Posted on 2021-07-19 by Bartholomew Barker

I want to be a tree when I grow up Nothing ostentatiousI don’t want to be a sequoiaor have some historical significanceno proclamations in my honorsigned by the governor Just a regular tree in the woodsunfurling my leavesin the warm … Continue reading →

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