Fraiku: Just like America

Posted on 2025-11-14 by Bartholomew Barker

The soup is boiling over
burnt to the bottom of the pot
leaping into the fire

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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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11 Responses to Fraiku: Just like America

  1. JeanMarie's avatar JeanMarie says:
    2025-11-14 at 19:21

    Oh yeah. This is chilling. Excellent work B.

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  2. r.Douglas's avatar r.Douglas says:
    2025-11-15 at 04:30

    blistering!

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  3. Violet Lentz's avatar Violet Lentz says:
    2025-11-15 at 10:52

    I never said I could cook……

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  5. Ezekiel Fish's avatar Ezekiel Fish says:
    2025-11-15 at 15:39

    Oh no!….great poem!

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