Fraiku: Clumsy Aphorisms

Posted on 2023-06-02 by Bartholomew Barker

Passing time heals
but stitches superfluous
when impaled from behind

(for Sammi Cox’s Weekend Writing Prompt. It was more difficult than I thought to write a ten word haiku.)

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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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11 Responses to Fraiku: Clumsy Aphorisms

  1. jsimpsonpoet's avatar jsimpsonpoet says:
    2023-06-02 at 20:51

    Excellent

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  2. Sarah E Barker's avatar Sarah E Barker says:
    2023-06-02 at 21:16

    very difficult. Where did you get that picture?

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  3. yourplateormine967244485's avatar yourplateormine967244485 says:
    2023-06-03 at 05:16

    Very well done!! ✨👍

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  4. berniebell1955's avatar berniebell1955 says:
    2023-06-03 at 05:44

    ‘I’ll scratch your back and you knife mine’ – John Lennon

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  5. Priti's avatar Priti says:
    2023-06-04 at 22:44

    Beautiful! 👌

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