POETRY FORUM

THIS THEATRE, YOUR PROMPT (44)

by Christopher Barnes March 11, 2026 0 comments

Traipse, lie doggo, scamper.
Banality ripens to myth.

Fidgety pinball machine.
Edwardian shop window.

editors note:

Can’t let it lie if it’s not asleep. – mh clay

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A bit about Christopher: Christopher Barnes won the Northern Arts writers award in 1998; July 2000 he read at Waterstones bookshop to promote the anthology, Titles Are Bitches; Christmas 2001, he debuted at Newcastle's famous Morden Tower, reading his poems; 2005 saw the publication of his collection, LOVEBITES, by Chanticleer Press, 6/1 Jamaica Mews, Edinburgh; August 2003, he read at the Edinburgh Festival as a Per Verse poet for the LGBT Centre, Broughton St. Each year he reads for Proudwords lesbian and gay writing festival; May 2006, he was the solo artist in his art/poetry exhibition at The People's Theatre. Christopher has a BBC web-page, and a recording of his poem, The Holiday I Never Had, can be heard here.