Fraiku: Refrigerator Door

Posted on 2021/07/09 by Bartholomew Barker

Broke my toe closing Jack’s fridge
cursing the kitchen cabinets
in the sudden dark

Inspired by my favorite haiku of Jack Kerouac:

Missing a kick
at the icebox door
It closed anyway

About Bartholomew Barker

Bartholomew Barker is one of the organizers of Living Poetry, a collection of poets and poetry lovers in the Triangle region of North Carolina. Born and raised in Ohio, studied in Chicago, he worked in Connecticut for nearly twenty years before moving to Hillsborough where he makes money as a computer programmer to fund his poetry habit.

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JeanMarie says:

2021/07/09 at 17:36

FRY Cooo! Fun.

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- Bartholomew Barker says:
  
  2021/07/09 at 17:40
  
  Thanks! I can’t beat Kerouac. At least not yet.
  
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Cassa Bassa says:

2021/07/09 at 18:19

I prefer your version

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- Bartholomew Barker says:
  
  2021/07/09 at 19:09
  
  You flatter me but I won’t argue.
  
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Didier Beaugrand says:

2021/08/05 at 01:05

Awesome lines. I love this.
I love Kerouac too!!!!
🙏

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- Bartholomew Barker says:
  
  2021/08/05 at 17:03
  
  Can’t go wrong with Kerouac.
  
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  - Didier Beaugrand says:
    
    2021/08/05 at 23:51
    
    I was absolutely in love with his writing in my twenties and read most of the French translations of his work at the time.😃
    I blame him for my misspent youth…😜
    
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Didier Beaugrand says:

2021/08/05 at 01:09

Also, sorry if I’m asking the obvious here…
But how do you define a “Fraiku”??? Is it a Haiku in spirit without the syllables count?

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- Bartholomew Barker says:
  
  2021/08/05 at 17:05
  
  A Fraiku is a haiku I post on a Friday.
  
  I don’t let the restrictive Japanese syllable count stand in the way of a good three-line poem.
  
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  - Didier Beaugrand says:
    
    2021/08/05 at 23:58
    
    It certainly should not! 😃 Friday Haiku is a great idea, I was thinking along the lines of the rebellious Freak Haiku… 😂 Thank you very much for your time Dave.🙏
    See you around.
    
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