Fraiku: Pride

Posted on 2024-06-07 by Bartholomew Barker

We may be queer differently
but I defend your right
to be fabulous

(Happy Pride Month!)

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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: Pride

  2. trE's avatar trE says:
    2024-06-07 at 21:51

    Yaaasss! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 I love this!

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  3. ivor20's avatar ivor20 says:
    2024-06-07 at 22:16

    Equally for all Bart …

    A Path To Parity

    I am but a tiny pebble on the ocean floor
    But I see the universe above and wonder. “Is there a door?”

    How do I draw shiny dots between those black lines​? 
    Am I able to pluck a star from the column of time? 
    One that I can paste in my next worldly rhyme 
    About finding truth under the grand statue of mime

     
    I wish I had the Almighty authority
    Then I would burn the lies of tyranny
    And ignite the dormant torch of liberty
    So everyone could find a path to parity

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  4. Annabel's avatar Annabel says:
    2024-06-08 at 02:39

    So sweet and fabulous lines, Bart!

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  5. Nicole Smith's avatar Nicole Smith says:
    2024-06-08 at 11:35

    I love this. :)

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  6. LuAnne Holder's avatar LuAnne Holder says:
    2024-06-08 at 15:54

    Fabulous sentiment!

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