Fraiku: Frustration

Posted on 2023-12-08 by Bartholomew Barker

Outside my window
a cedar waxwing riot
black cat stuck inside

(I’d never noticed a cedar waxwing before but there were a dozen or more going crazy over whatever they found in the gutters above my apartment. Moriarty’s tail was thwapping!)

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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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5 Responses to Fraiku: Frustration

  1. trE's avatar trE says:
    2023-12-08 at 21:06

    I would’ve been slightly terrified. I don’t do well around birds.

    They’re lovely to observe and look at, but I avoid them at all costs. Lol.

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  2. DD's avatar Deedee (DD) says:
    2023-12-08 at 22:39

    That bird is a real stunner to look at. The cat has good taste.

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