Fraiku: Me without Poetry

Posted on 2025-07-11 by Bartholomew Barker

Cardinal without head feathers
face like a chicken nugget shriveled
from days under the sun

(Not my photo but I do have a bald cardinal who visits my backyard regularly. Poor thing.)

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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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14 Responses to Fraiku: Me without Poetry

  3. magickmermaid's avatar magickmermaid says:
    2025-07-12 at 10:32

    I wonder what happened!

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  6. luvgoodcarp's avatar luvgoodcarp says:
    2025-08-03 at 07:04

    Haha, well put.

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