Fraiku: Hope

Posted on 2025-07-25 by Bartholomew Barker

I’ve just been waiting
for life to get dark enough
that the stars come out

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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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18 Responses to Fraiku: Hope

  1. ivor20's avatar ivor20 says:
    2025-07-25 at 21:07

    Hopefully, Beyond the darkness
    There shall be light
    “There’s a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in” … Leonard Cohen

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  2. Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris's avatar Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris says:
    2025-07-25 at 21:35

    ⭐️ “Twinkle … Twinkle!!” ⭐️ (LOL)

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  3. berniebell1955's avatar berniebell1955 says:
    2025-07-26 at 03:26

    Do you see a ‘star’ rising? The ‘stars’ tend to appear from no-where – as you’d say over there, from out-field. We need one too!

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  4. Didier Beaugrand's avatar Didier Beaugrand says:
    2025-07-26 at 12:13

    That’s a brilliant one!!! 👏👏👏

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  5. Nicole Smith's avatar Nicole Smith says:
    2025-07-27 at 15:55

    It feels like we should be there

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  6. Susi Bocks's avatar Susi Bocks says:
    2025-07-28 at 15:03

    Then you must escape the city! :)

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