Tag Archives: fraiku

Fraiku: Supreme Court

Posted on 2022/05/13 by Bartholomew Barker

How many maidensmust we sacrificeto satisfy your dogma?

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Fraiku: Barefoot

Posted on 2022/05/06 by Bartholomew Barker

I love walking barefooton freshly cut glassmy blood— the morning dew

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Fraiku from Alnitak

Posted on 2022/03/25 by Bartholomew Barker

I won’t say “I love you”Love is a shooting starI prefer “Let me help” (Inspired by a line from the Star Trek episode “The City on the Edge of Forever“.)

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Fraiku: Kiss

Posted on 2022/03/18 by Bartholomew Barker

I lean towards your faceas the Earth tilts to the Sunand Spring draws near

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Fraiku: In March

Posted on 2022/03/11 by Bartholomew Barker

The south wind runsher fingers through my hairlike a distracted lover (For the Living Poetry Visual Prompt this month.)

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Fraiku: We never learn

Posted on 2022/03/04 by Bartholomew Barker

The same moon sets in the twilightof Moscow and Washingtonof Kiev and Kabul

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Fraiku: Parenting

Posted on 2022/02/25 by Bartholomew Barker

When my daughter is frightened by thunderI can explain there’s nothing to worry aboutUkrainian fathers have to lie

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Fraiku: Windstorm

Posted on 2022/02/18 by Bartholomew Barker

Listening to dark gusts lift shingles off my roof lights out but no sleep

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Fraiku: Paranoia

Posted on 2022/02/11 by Bartholomew Barker

Crows on high branchesseem so smug— do you think they’recawing about me?

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Fraiku: Biting Love

Posted on 2022/02/04 by Bartholomew Barker

Pull back your hair exuberant while I place pomegranate stains on your fragile neck

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