Fraiku: Hope

Posted on 2023-09-08 by Bartholomew Barker

Is a stoplight
at midnight blinking yellow
on the puddle pocked road

(Note: I couldn’t find a free stock image I liked so I had an AI generate this pic.)

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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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12 Responses to Fraiku: Hope

  1. trE's avatar trE says:
    2023-09-08 at 20:06

    AI generated or not, that’s a great photo; suits the poem perfectly.

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  2. JeanMarie's avatar JeanMarie says:
    2023-09-08 at 22:54

    Nice haiku. Interesting how you got the pic. I haven’t tried anything AI yet

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  3. Stacey C. Johnson's avatar Stacey C. Johnson says:
    2023-09-09 at 10:27

    How I love “puddle pocked”. Brilliant : )

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