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Fraiku: for Vinny

Posted on 2024-03-08 by Bartholomew Barker

Pain burns the candle flames melt the mind at both ends until it ends… (For Women’s History Month, a haiku inspired by Edna St. Vincent Millay and her most famous poem, First Fig. She was in near constant pain the … Continue reading →

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Candles in the Windows

Posted on 2023-12-18 by Bartholomew Barker

I miss the fire dancing in the draft, the musty smell of melting wax and the snuff of the brass bell as smoke swirls up into the dark. These fraudulent lights won’t burn the house down or hurt curious little … Continue reading →

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We drink

Posted on 2022-04-18 by Bartholomew Barker

For today’s prompt, write a We Blank poem. We drink When we’re not inspiredbecause the pinot noiris also blocked We light a candlethe three of usfor atmosphere The flame flickersbut doesn’t have a clueeither so we look From poet to … Continue reading →

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Fraiku: Archaic

Posted on 2021-11-12 by Bartholomew Barker

Autumn nights grow longerSullen clouds extinguish the moonWe write by candlelight

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Winter Solstice Sonnet

Posted on 2020-12-21 by Bartholomew Barker

Winter Solstice Sonnet I’ve lived where the solstice airfreezes onto my mustache.Where daylight is a vague glowbehind clouds of dirty slush. I’ve felt that deep ancestral fearthat the sun has given upand we’ll all shiver solid,defeated by the menacing dark. … Continue reading →

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