Fraiku: Frustration

Posted on 2025-04-18 by Bartholomew Barker

Like recalling a dream
my life’s memories dissolve
in the morning mist

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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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15 Responses to Fraiku: Frustration

  2. DD's avatar DD says:
    2025-04-19 at 00:56

    been there…
    where?

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  5. LuAnne Holder's avatar LuAnne Holder says:
    2025-04-20 at 18:35

    I hear you. That happens to me all the time. It helps to lie in still upon waking. But you expressed this experience eloquently.

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  6. Susi Bocks's avatar Susi Bocks says:
    2025-04-23 at 19:12

    This makes me wonder what it would feel like to be able to recall everything! It’s a small percentage of people who can do it.

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