Fraiku: Black Friday

Posted on 2024-11-29 by Bartholomew Barker

Today I go back
to taking things
for granted

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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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22 Responses to Fraiku: Black Friday

  2. Linlokfei's avatar Linlokfei says:
    2024-11-29 at 20:18

    A very diplomatic way of defining Black Friday :-)))

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  4. Ali Grimshaw's avatar Ali Grimshaw says:
    2024-11-30 at 12:43

    Speaks of the many ways we can numb ourselves from the world around us.

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  6. Stacey C. Johnson's avatar Stacey C. Johnson says:
    2024-12-01 at 21:08

    deviously brilliant : )

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  7. Priti's avatar Priti says:
    2024-12-02 at 03:35

    Good decision 😃

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  9. Susi Bocks's avatar Susi Bocks says:
    2024-12-04 at 17:14

    Thankfully, I’m against this annual tradition!

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  10. luvgoodcarp's avatar luvgoodcarp says:
    2024-12-05 at 06:09

    Haha. Yes, that day of thanks is the longest day of the year.

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