Fraiku: Not just a little shy

Posted on 2023-01-06 by Bartholomew Barker

When I grow up
I want to live under the sea
where it’s quiet and dark

(for this month’s Visual Poetry Prompt.)

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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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27 Responses to Fraiku: Not just a little shy

  1. ivor20's avatar ivor20 says:
    2023-01-06 at 19:40

    When I am swimming at the surf beach and dive deep down, the eerie fullness of my silent surroundings enchants the volume of those submersed thoughts within my wafting mind …

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  2. Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris's avatar Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris says:
    2023-01-06 at 20:12

    beneath the sea
    rests you and me
    darkness completes us

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  3. Michele Lee's avatar Michele Lee says:
    2023-01-06 at 20:52

    👍🏻🧜🏻‍♀️

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  4. yourplateormine967244485's avatar yourplateormine967244485 says:
    2023-01-06 at 22:57

    Yes, a lit mind of youthful imagination, in a peaceful dark surroundings. 🎆💜

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  5. JeanMarie's avatar JeanMarie says:
    2023-01-06 at 23:05

    Nice.
    Except now I’ve got the underwater scene in my head from Bedknobs and Broomsticks starring a young Angela Langsbury. Not peaceful and dark but a hopping dance hall. :)

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  6. Cassa Bassa's avatar Cassa Bassa says:
    2023-01-07 at 01:33

    Simply what I thought when I was at the aquarium.

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  7. Little Charmer's avatar Little Charmer says:
    2023-01-07 at 20:17

    Love this 🖤

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  10. jaidai23's avatar jai says:
    2023-01-17 at 12:13

    Sounds like a plan to me. I may join you.

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