Fraiku: After Two Months

Posted on 2024-10-11 by Bartholomew Barker

Unpacking flows like old glue
Reshelving turns to rereading
old friends

(We’re just three fraikus from the election,

so here’s a political one I wrote two years ago,

Fraiku: Republicans.)

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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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20 Responses to Fraiku: After Two Months

  1. equipsblog's avatar equipsblog says:
    2024-10-11 at 19:59

    I like both of these fraikus. They express more than the few words they contain.

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  2. equipsblog's avatar equipsblog says:
    2024-10-11 at 20:12

    Some do that more aptly than others.

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  3. trE's avatar trE says:
    2024-10-11 at 20:53

    I loved that fraiku then, and I love it now! And it hasn’t changed, unfortunately. The times in which we live.

    I love those floors in your new place!

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  4. berniebell1955's avatar berniebell1955 says:
    2024-10-12 at 02:37

    You take a book from the box – you think…’I’ll just have a quick look’.  Hours later, your stomach tells you to eat! 

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  5. KC's avatar KC says:
    2024-10-12 at 11:54

    Very cleverly done. 👍

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  6. JeanMarie's avatar JeanMarie says:
    2024-10-12 at 15:27

    Ain’t that the truth. I revisit my old friends when I pack up to move but it’s the same feeling of “Ah I forgot I had this!”

    Republican one – still excellent,

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  7. Nicole Smith's avatar Nicole Smith says:
    2024-10-14 at 09:39

    is that your space or a pixabay pic? Lovely poem. It’s like bumping into an old friend.

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  8. luvgoodcarp's avatar luvgoodcarp says:
    2024-10-16 at 06:25

    Love it. This may make me move.

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  9. LuAnne Holder's avatar LuAnne Holder says:
    2024-10-20 at 18:33

    “Unpacking flows like old glue”! What a great metaphor. I only went on a ten day trip and my suitcase has not been unpacked yet. Yep, old glue. :)

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  10. Jadi Campbell's avatar Jadi Campbell says:
    2025-10-21 at 03:27

    It’s always fun (and so slow!) to reshelve books!

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