Tag Archives: black

Fraiku: Black Friday

Posted on 2024-11-29 by Bartholomew Barker

Today I go back to taking things for granted

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Fraiku: Audre Lorde

Posted on 2024-03-15 by Bartholomew Barker

I am not one thing each aspect a note in a chord and I am the song For Women’s History Month, a haiku for the great Audre Lorde, 1934-1992. She described herself as a “black, lesbian, feminist, socialist, mother, warrior, … Continue reading →

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Fraiku: Phillis Wheatley

Posted on 2024-02-23 by Bartholomew Barker

Then fate drew the sable curtain of night on your meteoric life For Black History Month, a haiku to honor Phillis Wheatley, 1753-1784, the first African-American to publish a book of poetry. I stole the middle line from her lovely … Continue reading →

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Fraiku: Paul Laurence Dunbar

Posted on 2024-02-16 by Bartholomew Barker

He wears the mask while driving elevators poetry rises For Black History Month, a haiku to honor my fellow Ohioan and poet, Paul Laurence Dunbar, 1872-1906. The first line references his great poem We Wear the Mask.

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Some of my Best Friends are Black

Posted on 2023-06-19 by Bartholomew Barker

My oldest Black friend is George Moses Horton, earning a pittance for his love poetry from privileged UNC students despite being enslaved. Then there’s Paul Laurence Dunbar, a fellow Buckeye, though I can’t read his work in the Negro dialect … Continue reading →

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Fraiku: My Black Cat

Posted on 2023-01-13 by Bartholomew Barker

Born on Friday the 13thhe crosses humans’ pathsjust for fun

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