Fraiku: Tinnitus

Posted on 2021/12/17 by Bartholomew Barker

Like a tuning fork
burrowing into my ears
that can’t be unheard

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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14 Responses to Fraiku: Tinnitus

  1. Susi Bocks says:
    2021/12/17 at 20:12

    Same. Every.Day.

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  2. Ami (Gypsie) Offenbacher-Ferris says:
    2021/12/17 at 20:19

    Yes … and that others can’t hear or understand! Pre-natal and growing up years immersed in parental cigarette smoke is the cause of mine ….

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  4. krishansen4tango says:
    2021/12/17 at 23:48

    So sorry to hear this!! Hope you unhear it soon! Kris Hansen

    On Fri, Dec 17, 2021 at 7:40 PM Bartholomew Barker, Poet wrote:

    > Bartholomew Barker posted: ” Like a tuning forkburrowing into my earsthat > can’t be unheard ” >

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  5. JeanMarie says:
    2021/12/19 at 01:56

    Out of great suffering comes great poetry. AND you don’t need any suffering to write well. Sending a hug.

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