Fraiku: Stunned

Posted on 2025-02-28 by Bartholomew Barker

A sparrow struck my window
mistaking it for 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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28 Responses to Fraiku: Stunned

  2. trE's avatar trE says:
    2025-02-28 at 18:59

    Oh, no! I hate when that happens! Poor sparrow!

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  3. johnlmalone's avatar johnlmalone says:
    2025-02-28 at 22:21

    yes, this happened quite a lot in the old place where we had BIG windows —

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  4. Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris's avatar Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris says:
    2025-02-28 at 23:08

    I had a giant owl fly into my car window one night, years ago. I never found the owl, but he left a perfect, out-spread wing silhouette across my entire front window.

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  5. Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris's avatar Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris says:
    2025-03-01 at 04:04

    I did hate washing it off, true. Can’t imagine he survived though!

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  6. magickmermaid's avatar magickmermaid says:
    2025-03-01 at 10:46

    I always feel so sad when that happens.

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  7. luisa zambrotta's avatar luisa zambrotta says:
    2025-03-01 at 13:19

    Beautifully penned, but so sad

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  8. Cassa Bassa's avatar Cassa Bassa says:
    2025-03-01 at 13:49

    Poor sparrow

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  10. Michele Lee's avatar Michele Lee says:
    2025-03-01 at 20:43

    That sad thud sends me searching and relieved when I find only a few feathers left behind.

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  12. M.Sarah's avatar M.Sarah says:
    2025-03-02 at 20:27

    Well written, sad 💔

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  13. Ali Grimshaw's avatar Ali Grimshaw says:
    2025-03-10 at 16:46

    It’s amazing how these two lines seem to capture this moment in time.

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