Fraiku: Sweeney Todd

Posted on 2021-11-26 by Bartholomew Barker

Ruby words drip from the pen
Restored to my hand by his masterpiece
At last my arm is complete

(Words mostly stolen from Sweeney Todd to honor Stephen Sondheim. So it goes.)

About Bartholomew Barker

Bartholomew Barker is an organizer of Living Poetry, a collection of poets in the Triangle region of North Carolina 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 a Pushcart Prize in 2021. Born and raised in Ohio, studied in Chicago, he worked in Connecticut for nearly twenty years before moving to Hillsborough where he lives and writes poetry.

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7 Responses to Fraiku: Sweeney Todd

ivor20 says:

2021-11-26 at 20:11

Intriguing Bart ..

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- Bartholomew Barker says:
  
  2021-11-26 at 20:14
  
  If you haven’t seen the musical, I strongly encourage you to watch it tonight. I would suggest finding a video from a stage version but, in a pinch, the movie with Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter will do.
  
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  - ivor20 says:
    
    2021-11-26 at 22:35
    
    Thank you Bart .. I shall look into my local library’s catalog
    
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Rehoboth says:

2021-11-26 at 22:10

Superb

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- Bartholomew Barker says:
  
  2021-11-26 at 22:27
  
  Thanks
  
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Rehoboth Organic Farms says:

2021-11-26 at 22:40

Lovely

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- Bartholomew Barker says:
  
  2021-11-26 at 23:19
  
  Thanks
  
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