Tag Archives: dogs

Fraiku: Gratitude

Posted on 2025-11-28 by Bartholomew Barker

Feels like a bear hug warmth of a fellow human you’re not alone (A further expression of gratitude: my thanks to Barbara Leonhard, editor at MasticadoresUSA for publishing one of my dog poems, I dreamt I was walking my dogs … Continue reading →

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Fraiku: July

Posted on 2021-07-02 by Bartholomew Barker

July returns about the same time every yearthe woman who lives next door walks her dogsbarefoot in the North Carolina grass (For this week’s Living Poetry Prompt, an American Haiku since I blew through the Japanese style syllable limit.)

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Maggie’s Sonnet

Posted on 2016-08-29 by Bartholomew Barker

Dark silk fur flows ’round her soft body, perfectly curled for lapdog duty but fumble the leash and she’s a black flash, low to the ground like a chubby hovercraft. I run in futile chase fueled by dual fears of … Continue reading →

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