Fraiku: Deluge

Posted on 2024-01-12 by Bartholomew Barker

From deep clouds the sea
falls to reconquer land
and wash away our pride

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: Deluge

ivor20 says:

2024-01-12 at 19:36

Do we need to refloat the Ark, Bart

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- Bartholomew Barker says:
  
  2024-01-12 at 19:53
  
  I’ll let you know if we get to day 39.
  
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  - ivor20 says:
    
    2024-01-12 at 20:35
    
    Ok … I’d check for seaworthiness first 🛶
    
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carolyncordon says:

2024-01-12 at 19:50

I love this small poem, saying so much, with so few words! One of your best, perhaps!

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- Bartholomew Barker says:
  
  2024-01-12 at 19:54
  
  Thank you very much, Carolyn! Didn’t realize the rain would be THAT inspiring.
  
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trE says:

2024-01-12 at 21:05

Stay warm and dry, Bart!

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- Bartholomew Barker says:
  
  2024-01-12 at 21:08
  
  Same to you and Jernee!
  
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  - trE says:
    
    2024-01-12 at 21:17
    
    Thank you! I wrote a poem about this weather tonight and it’ll posty tomorrow here. I’m so tired of the rain and these storms!
    
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  - Bartholomew Barker says:
    
    2024-01-12 at 21:35
    
    Can’t wait to read it!
    
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Michele Lee says:

2024-01-12 at 23:40

Engaging and compelling thoughts, Bart.

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- Bartholomew Barker says:
  
  2024-01-13 at 00:13
  
  Thank you, Michele. That’s the coolest part of poetry, making others think thoughts with mere words.
  
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  - Michele Lee says:
    
    2024-01-13 at 00:16
    
    Absolutely. 🙏🏻
    
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berniebell1955 says:

2024-01-13 at 04:30

Phew!

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berniebell1955 says:

2024-01-13 at 05:22

Plus – straight into m’blog….
http://www.spanglefish.com/berniesblog/blog.asp?blogid=16670

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- Bartholomew Barker says:
  
  2024-01-13 at 14:24
  
  Thank you, Bernie! You have much more experience with rain, being a Scot, so I’m doubly honored.
  
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  - berniebell1955 says:
    
    2024-01-14 at 04:41
    
    Er…I’m not a Scot – I live in Scotland, but am of Irish descent – which is amounts to much the same thing when it comes to rain. I remember my uncle looking out the window at the rain and saying….. ‘It’s a fine, soft day, thanks be to God’. It made the grass grow – fattened his cows up – those were the days.
    
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  - Bartholomew Barker says:
    
    2024-01-14 at 13:54
    
    My apologies. I’d forgotten your Irish origins.
    
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berniebell1955 says:

2024-01-15 at 04:30

No worries – we’re all Jock Tamson’s bairns.

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