Fraiku: Shortest Night

Posted on 2024-06-14 by Bartholomew Barker

Under my seat grim
grinding guttural grumble
no sleep in jet planes

(Hoping to hold off jet lag long enough to watch Scotland defeat Germany.)

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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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13 Responses to Fraiku: Shortest Night

  1. trE's avatar trE says:
    2024-06-14 at 17:13

    Safe travels!

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  2. Michele Lee's avatar Michele Lee says:
    2024-06-14 at 20:27

    More time to write poetry. 😁 Hope you make it through your game and safe travels.

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  3. yourplateormine967244485's avatar yourplateormine967244485 says:
    2024-06-15 at 22:15

    Been missing my dose of your Friday haiku to delight my evening! 🤩

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  4. yourplateormine967244485's avatar yourplateormine967244485 says:
    2024-06-15 at 22:16

    Safe travels and I can relate, my trip to Germany last summer was very similar. 😇

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  5. Sunra Rainz's avatar Sunra Rainz says:
    2024-06-16 at 16:57

    Well, they got sadly thrashed and it was painful to watch. Hope you enjoyed the game regardless! 🙂

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