Fraiku: Goth

Posted on 2024-08-16 by Bartholomew Barker

Your lips turn black
in moonlight as summer
comets cut the sky

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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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6 Responses to Fraiku: Goth

  1. johnlmalone's avatar johnlmalone says:
    2024-08-16 at 20:20

    yes ! I was looking for something edgy and exhilarating to turn up in my feed: this — poem and pic —does the trick : a touch of Diane Arbus —

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  2. Cassa Bassa's avatar Cassa Bassa says:
    2024-08-18 at 05:56

    Love this!!!! A lot!!!!

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  3. Dawn Pisturino's avatar Dawn Pisturino says:
    2024-08-19 at 11:52

    Love the contrast!

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