Fraiku: Black Widow

Posted on 2024-08-23 by Bartholomew Barker

Spiderweb glistens
under porcelain moonlight
the silk nightgown dreams

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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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21 Responses to Fraiku: Black Widow

  3. Poetpas's avatar Poetpas says:
    2024-08-24 at 07:10

    Good poem and beautiful photo!

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  4. Poetpas's avatar Poetpas says:
    2024-08-24 at 09:22

    Yes indeed. And they make excellent prompts!

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  5. abykittiwakewrites's avatar abykittiwakewrites says:
    2024-08-25 at 00:38

    So good! Glad I’ve come across your work. Well done.

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  6. Stacey C. Johnson's avatar Stacey C. Johnson says:
    2024-08-25 at 11:14

    I love how that last line seems to flicker between the image of a dreaming nightgown and a dream involving a silk nightgown. Wonderful : )

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  7. berniebell1955's avatar berniebell1955 says:
    2024-08-27 at 02:07

    This gives me an image of a night-gown made of cobweb – for some reason, worn by Cher – in a vaguely vampire scenario. The power of poetry!

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  8. Susi Bocks's avatar Susi Bocks says:
    2024-08-30 at 19:15

    A silky dreamcatcher.

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  9. LuAnne Holder's avatar LuAnne Holder says:
    2024-08-30 at 20:16

    There is nothing about this short verse that is not absolutely lovely.

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