Fraiku: God Bless America

Posted on 2025-04-11 by Bartholomew Barker

Freedom of speech
as long as you agree
with the regime

 

(US judge rules Mahmoud Khalil can be deported for his views)

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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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30 Responses to Fraiku: God Bless America

  2. ivor20's avatar ivor20 says:
    2025-04-11 at 21:24

    Sounds like a totalitarian regime …

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  3. trE's avatar trE says:
    2025-04-11 at 22:37

    I wouldn’t be sad if something fatally tragic magically happened to him. *Shrugs* I wouldn’t feel a thing at all.

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  4. Cheryl Batavia's avatar Cheryl Batavia says:
    2025-04-12 at 00:57

    Every day, he hits a new low. Insider trading? 😳 Keep writing, Bart, we need to vent our anger!

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  5. berniebell1955's avatar berniebell1955 says:
    2025-04-12 at 03:41

    Aye – ’tis often thus……

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  6. luisa zambrotta's avatar luisa zambrotta says:
    2025-04-12 at 04:06

    Great poem… and so sad!

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  9. equipsblog's avatar equipsblog says:
    2025-04-13 at 15:34

    Proudly killing one Constitutional Amendment at a time. 🖤🩶🖤🩶🖤🤬😢😱

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  10. LuAnne Holder's avatar LuAnne Holder says:
    2025-04-15 at 20:12

    It is getting more and more sad, more and more scary.

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  11. Kym Gordon Moore's avatar Kym Gordon Moore says:
    2025-04-25 at 19:56

    Sad, scary and true Bartholomew! 😫😡😖

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