Fraiku: Lilies

Posted on 2025-03-07 by Bartholomew Barker

They neither toil nor spin
and they won’t lose an hour’s
sleep this weekend

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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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12 Responses to Fraiku: Lilies

  1. Lincol Martín's avatar Lincol Martín says:
    2025-03-07 at 23:23

    Your haiku conveys a sense of calm and enjoyment of the present, away from the pressures of daily life.

    Greetings.

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  2. luisa zambrotta's avatar luisa zambrotta says:
    2025-03-08 at 04:52

    Simply beautiful!

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  4. JeanMarie's avatar JeanMarie says:
    2025-03-09 at 18:01

    That one made me chuckle 😃 . How very cheeky to ping a Bible teaching into our modern world. Only the atheist son of a preacher.

    Hmm… that last line sounds like the first line of a poem. Gosh. I miss the critique group.

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  5. Susi Bocks's avatar Susi Bocks says:
    2025-03-16 at 22:59

    Lucky flowers!

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