Fraiku: Summer Air

Posted on 2024-07-26 by Bartholomew Barker

Beads on skin
like a can of coke
am I the drinker
or the drink

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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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14 Responses to Fraiku: Summer Air

  1. JeanMarie's avatar JeanMarie says:
    2024-07-26 at 21:18

    You are the drinker if there is wine. You are the drink if there is no bottle.

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  2. luisa zambrotta's avatar luisa zambrotta says:
    2024-07-27 at 05:39

    Great poem! I loved it

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  3. chihuahuagirl3's avatar chihuahuagirl3 says:
    2024-07-27 at 07:58

    What a fun poem!! Thanks for the smile it just gave me!! 😊

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  4. Nicole Smith's avatar Nicole Smith says:
    2024-07-27 at 10:51

    i think you are just sweating, unless a vampire pops your tab.

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  5. Susi Bocks's avatar Susi Bocks says:
    2024-08-03 at 18:39

    Both can be true! Depends on who’s with you! ;)

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