Tag Archives: writing

Magic & Monsters & Poetry

Posted on 2024-10-28 by Bartholomew Barker

Last Friday, I spent my evening writing poetry for a bunch of Dungeons & Dragons nerds. The NC Museum of Natural Sciences held an event called Magic & Monsters and they invited Living Poetry to participate, so Anna Weaver, Jessica … Continue reading →

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Fraiku: Writing Haiku

Posted on 2024-08-09 by Bartholomew Barker

Fitting all these books inside a small cardboard box taping the lid shut (a little ars poetica as I pack)

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Wasteland

Posted on 2023-11-13 by Bartholomew Barker

All my best ideas are dying in this wasteland of a mind. Sun curls the skin off their bony backs then night draws the remaining heat up to a sky only lit by apathetic stars. I can’t let my children, … Continue reading →

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Fraiku: End of March

Posted on 2023-03-31 by Bartholomew Barker

It starts tomorrow like a fool I take a deep breath as April looms (National Poetry Month starts in a few hours and, yet again, I’ll be writing a poem every day. Wish me strength.)

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