Fraiku: Migraine

Posted on 2023-10-20 by Bartholomew Barker

My brain is being carved
from this throbbing skull
like a jack-o’-lantern

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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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18 Responses to Fraiku: Migraine

  1. equipsblog's avatar equipsblog says:
    2023-10-20 at 19:10

    The picture really brought the poem home.

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  2. JeanMarie's avatar JeanMarie says:
    2023-10-20 at 19:44

    Ouch. Have a tic tac? A quelude, an opiod?

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  3. DD's avatar DD says:
    2023-10-20 at 20:10

    This is terrific.
    ~
    I looked at a draft on migraine yesterday that could definitely do with a witty twist.
    Cheers

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  5. Katie Frances Hartless's avatar K.F. Hartless says:
    2023-10-20 at 21:13

    The daily rind getting to you, dear poet?

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  6. berniebell1955's avatar berniebell1955 says:
    2023-10-21 at 05:35

    Jagged edges……say no more…….

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  7. johnlmalone's avatar johnlmalone says:
    2023-10-26 at 22:46

    strikingly original !

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  8. The Mindful Migraine Blog's avatar the mindful migraine says:
    2024-01-29 at 00:30

    ugh – as a sufferer, this is too true

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