The End by Bartholomew Barker
Bartholomew Barker is one of the organizers of Living Poetry, a collection of poets and poetry readers in the Triangle-area of North Carolina. His first poetry collection, Wednesday Night Regular, a book about strip clubs and women who work there, was published in 2013.
Born and raised in Ohio and studied in Chicago, he worked in Connecticut for nearly twenty years before moving to Hillsborough, North Carolina, where he makes money as a computer programmer to fund his poetry habit.
Mr. Barker’s website is www.bartbarker.net.
Another of his poems published online: http://www.deadmule.com/index.php?s=Bartholomew+Barker
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Many thanks to P. P. & P. for publishing this and all kudos to Ms. Stark for that image behind my words.
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We are pleased you trusted us with your work. Our readers love it and so do we. Thanks again for sending it our direction. (eds.)
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Fantastic! One of my favorites of Bart’s work. 🙂
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Agree that the image behind the poem is a great fit! Nice pairing today.
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Niiice!
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Love this poem.
marion
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