Fraiku: The Edmonson Sisters

Posted on 2022/07/01 by Bartholomew Barker

Bondage is the irritant
Freedom the Pearl worth the risk
of being sold south

Inspired by the sculpture (pictured above) found while wandering around Alexandria, Virginia.

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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9 Responses to Fraiku: The Edmonson Sisters

  1. JeanMarie says:
    2022/07/01 at 20:11

    nice. thanks for the links too. good history lesson

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  2. berniebell1955 says:
    2022/07/02 at 02:16

    What a statue – and what a story.

    I’d say we’ve come a long way – but I’m not sure if we have – slavery still exists, as mentioned here…. https://theorkneynews.scot/2019/11/18/an-orcadian-abroad/
    ……and what is Priti Patel’s plan, but people trafficking? Rhetorical question.

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  3. berniebell1955 says:
    2022/07/02 at 04:06

    The more I think about this, the more I see how very clever it is. A pearl – a thing of value – entrapped – then freed.

    And all in a few words, with the magic of the Internet lifting us from one of the words onto the ship of freedom.

    And away I go……

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  4. yourplateormine967244485 says:
    2022/07/02 at 10:02

    Yes, thank you for sharing and I always look forward to your Fraiku Friday entries! ✨

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