Fraiku: Winter Night

Posted on 2023-01-20 by Bartholomew Barker

Shooting star spits across the sky
ignored by the pine trees
glazed with ice

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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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7 Responses to Fraiku: Winter Night

  1. yourplateormine967244485's avatar yourplateormine967244485 says:
    2023-01-20 at 22:51

    Lovely 😊 perfect for a Friday evening

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  2. berniebell1955's avatar berniebell1955 says:
    2023-01-21 at 13:21

    Not quite a Fraiku…….Saturday and wrong number of syllables – what the hell…

    “Oh Aye….

    Industrial complex
    Discharges effluent
    Into a river.
    Pays a fine.

    That’s OK then.”

    BB Jan ‘23

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  3. Priti's avatar Priti says:
    2023-01-24 at 03:47

    Beautiful .

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