Haunting
Just over my shoulder
whispering in my ear
memories cluttering
this life goes on
I've stopped brewing tea
grocery shopping
sidewalk restaurants
forest hikes
Now I eat takeout
drink alone and watch
other lives pass
I feel your absence
as a painful presence
like a phantom limb
Bartholomew Barker is an organizer of Living Poetry, where he has hosted a monthly feedback workshop for more than decade. His first poetry collection, Wednesday Night Regular, written in and about strip clubs, was published in 2013. His second, Milkshakes and Chilidogs, a chapbook of food inspired poetry was served in 2017. He was nominated for the Pushcart Prize in 2021 & 2025 as well as the Best of the Net Anthology in 2024. His work has appeared in The Lake, Autumn Sky Poetry Daily, Panoply, Tipton Poetry Journal, the Gyroscope Review and the Naugatuck River Review among others.
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