Danny P. Barbare resides in the Upstate of the Carolinas. His poetry has most recently appeared in Nebo, A New Ulster, and Freshwater Literary Journal. He lives in the foothills of the Blue Ridge with his wife and family.
Works by D. P. Barbare have been previously featured by In Parentheses.
The Happy Broom
The broom is a happy sweeper
straw for straw
it puts forth all
of its effort
handle and all
oh how proud
of the tiles it is
shoes that want
to keep it that
way, love the pan
that listens to them like an ear.
A Box of Donuts
O that sweet donut that
icing on
the end of the
day
licked from the
fingertips
that rope and
lifesaver
that just
keeps pulling you back.
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By In Parentheses in Volume 10
48 pages, published 10/15/2025
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