Fraiku: Nyx

Posted on 2024-03-29 by Bartholomew Barker

This week’s Fraiku was published earlier today at Heretics, Lovers & Madmen in response to their Dark Mother prompt. I titled it Nyx after the Greek Goddess of the Night.

I’ll be starting my 13th April Poem-a-day Challenge on Monday. Wish me luck.

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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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33 Responses to Fraiku: Nyx

  1. equipsblog's avatar equipsblog says:
    2024-03-29 at 19:55

    Good luck, Bart.

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  2. LuAnne Holder's avatar LuAnne Holder says:
    2024-03-29 at 20:28

    Good luck! I’ll be participating too. Look forward to seeing your posts.

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  3. johnlmalone's avatar johnlmalone says:
    2024-03-29 at 21:06

    acerbic and brilliant —

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  4. trE's avatar trE says:
    2024-03-29 at 21:52

    I’ll be right there with you on Monday.

    Good luck!

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  5. berniebell1955's avatar berniebell1955 says:
    2024-03-30 at 05:02

    It’s m’birthday on the 21st April – I’ll be 69 – surely there’s a haiku in there somewhere? Possibly a rude one!

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    • Bartholomew Barker's avatar Bartholomew Barker says:
      2024-03-30 at 12:14

      We’ll see. Maybe a limerick…

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      • berniebell1955's avatar berniebell1955 says:
        2024-03-30 at 12:49

        Have I ever mentioned that a whole sub-tribe of my family live in County Limerick?     Specifically, my sister and her husband brought up their family in Croom.   I quote from ‘Google’…

        Limerick gives its name to “The limerick” a popular five line humorous poem, thought to be derived from the 18th century, Maigue Poets of Croom, Co. Limerick.” There’s a sign in the village telling the tale. So a Limerick would be very fitting!

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      • Bartholomew Barker's avatar Bartholomew Barker says:
        2024-03-30 at 15:43

        I knew you were Irish but knowing that you have family in Limerick clinches it.

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  6. luisa zambrotta's avatar luisa zambrotta says:
    2024-03-30 at 06:08

    Beautiful!
    Good luck 💙

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  7. JeanMarie's avatar JeanMarie says:
    2024-03-30 at 09:32

    typical sassy Bart ending. Well done.

    And good luck

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  8. Michele Lee's avatar Michele Lee says:
    2024-03-30 at 19:15

    Good luck with your poetry challenge, Bart. Creative poem you submitted to Heretics, Lovers, & Madmen. 🖤

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  10. Annabel's avatar Annabel says:
    2024-04-01 at 01:14

    You will be amazing! 👍 Looking forward to read them.

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  11. Dawn Pisturino's avatar Dawn Pisturino says:
    2024-04-02 at 10:50

    Very beautiful! Congratulations!

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  12. Susi Bocks's avatar Susi Bocks says:
    2024-04-02 at 17:04

    Not a bit by the universe, but individually, humans do. :)

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  13. Dawn Pisturino's avatar Dawn Pisturino says:
    2024-04-24 at 13:21

    Congratulations!

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