Fraiku: Freedom

Posted on 2022/09/23 by Bartholomew Barker

Why are those who cry
Freedom loudest, waving the flag,
the first to ban books?

for Banned Books Week

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. 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 makes money as a computer programmer to fund his poetry habit.
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17 Responses to Fraiku: Freedom

  1. ivor20 says:
    2022/09/23 at 19:39

    Freedom is banned everywhere …

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  2. JeanMarie says:
    2022/09/23 at 20:22

    Good question

    uwa

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  3. pensivepoetblog says:
    2022/09/23 at 20:30

    Asks the man who detests the poetic question.

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  4. Jeff Flesch says:
    2022/09/23 at 22:00

    Awesome poem. I also read your poem in the new edition of Free Verse Revolution today. It’s a beautiful poem. Congrats!

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  5. Annabel says:
    2022/09/23 at 22:36

    WOW, poignant and precise, as your verses always are!!

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  6. equipsblog says:
    2022/09/23 at 22:37

    Excellent question!!!

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  7. berniebell1955 says:
    2022/09/24 at 06:31

    As always – few words – much content. This is going in m’blog.

    I’m thinking of Fahrenheit 45 by Ray Bradbury…. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_451

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