Fraiku: More Snow Tonight

Posted on 2022-01-28 by Bartholomew Barker

Listen to the snow
Fill these woods at night
While old trees shrug

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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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9 Responses to Fraiku: More Snow Tonight

  1. JeanMarie's avatar JeanMarie says:
    2022-01-28 at 20:18

    This poem reminds me I have hot chocolates mix in the cupboard.

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  3. ivor20's avatar ivor20 says:
    2022-01-28 at 20:53

    I remember going to up to the snow when I was 14 Bart .. 56 years ago …

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  4. Susi Bocks's avatar Susi Bocks says:
    2022-02-02 at 22:10

    Yes, “shrug” after they’ve taken on too much. Beautiful, Bart!

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