Fraiku: End of March

Posted on 2023/03/31 by Bartholomew Barker

It starts tomorrow
like a fool I take a deep breath
as April looms

(National Poetry Month starts in a few hours and, yet again, I’ll be writing a poem every day. Wish me strength.)

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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36 Responses to Fraiku: End of March

  1. jai says:
    2023/03/31 at 19:15

    Wishing you strength, Bartholomew. I may give it a try myself…I’ll think on it tonight.

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  2. ivor20 says:
    2023/03/31 at 19:23

    April is here
    I have not been fooled
    Yet?

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  3. equipsblog says:
    2023/03/31 at 19:25

    Good luck. May the Muse be with you.

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  4. Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris says:
    2023/03/31 at 21:03

    There’s strength in numbers Bartholomew! I’m doing it as well!! 😊

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  5. anitashope says:
    2023/03/31 at 21:23

    Strength and beauty as you write.

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  6. JeanMarie says:
    2023/04/01 at 00:01

    May the images and metaphors flow freely. May the words pile up neatly.

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  7. Carolyn Crossley VixenOfVerse says:
    2023/04/01 at 00:12

    I wish you strength and I am sure your muse will be with you. Good luck! I will be participating too. ✍️❤️🙂

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  8. luvgoodcarp says:
    2023/04/01 at 07:44

    Nice nod to Edna. Love it.

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  9. Cheryl, Gulf Coast Poet says:
    2023/04/01 at 10:28

    Love the poem. <3 You remind me that I still have to come up with a prank to play on Robert! :)

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  10. jai says:
    2023/04/01 at 12:18

    I did it! First poem is up. 😊

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