Fraiku: No Kings

Posted on 2025-06-13 by Bartholomew Barker

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After two hundred fifty years,
we have to do it all again.

(Find an event near you)

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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: No Kings

  1. DD's avatar DD says:
    2025-06-13 at 19:55

    seventy-nine trombones
    in the big parade…

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  2. DD's avatar DD says:
    2025-06-13 at 20:34

    I didn’t know that
    – serendipitous

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  3. Meelosmom's avatar Meelosmom says:
    2025-06-13 at 21:23

    We definitely can’t take our liberties for granted. People need to vote. But here we are. Lady Liberty needs us.

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  4. Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris's avatar Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris says:
    2025-06-13 at 22:09

    Is it going to be red vs blue yet again? 😞

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  5. berniebell1955's avatar berniebell1955 says:
    2025-06-14 at 02:35

    Quoting Carolyn…again….. “Choose unrelenting hope. Revolutionary change, even in the face of unrelenting oppression, it not only possible, it is inevitable.
    ‘When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it… always.’ Mahatma Gandhi”

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  6. JeanMarie's avatar JeanMarie says:
    2025-06-14 at 02:46

    There’s an event in your town. Are you going?

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  7. luisa zambrotta's avatar luisa zambrotta says:
    2025-06-14 at 08:50

    Brilliant! 👑

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  8. LuAnne Holder's avatar LuAnne Holder says:
    2025-06-18 at 18:55

    It is already getting wearisome and we are only six months in. But so important to keep up the resistance. Thanks for doing your part.

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  9. Susi Bocks's avatar Susi Bocks says:
    2025-06-19 at 15:39

    When will ever learn from history?!?!

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