Tag Archives: haiku

Haiku: Booster

Posted on 2021/12/04 by Bartholomew Barker

New strain of barbarian at my gateTimely reinforcements through a slender needleDefenders of my citadel thus boosted

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Fraiku inspired by Blade Runner

Posted on 2021/12/03 by Bartholomew Barker

I write them downso my words won’t be lostlike tears in rain

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Fraiku: Sweeney Todd

Posted on 2021/11/26 by Bartholomew Barker

Ruby words drip from the penRestored to my hand by his masterpieceAt last my arm is complete (Words mostly stolen from Sweeney Todd to honor Stephen Sondheim. So it goes.)

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Lunar Eclipse Fraiku

Posted on 2021/11/19 by Bartholomew Barker

Do not come betweenthe Sun and his daughter Moonlest there be blood

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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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untitled Fraiku

Posted on 2021/11/05 by Bartholomew Barker

Discarded oak leafdrills through the crystalline aira cold moon rises

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Fraiku: Happy Birthday!

Posted on 2021/10/29 by Bartholomew Barker

Sarcastic and Sardonic RhymesPoems that Pop with Punsof Jeanetically Modified Origin

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Fraiku: For Autumn

Posted on 2021/10/22 by Bartholomew Barker

Your grace stills the airstars focus— the moon risesbehind bare branches Bonus Poetry: my first Halloween poem of the season posted at the Go Dog Go Café. It’s a fourteen line Halloween memory entitled Halloween, Age 15. Thanks to the … Continue reading →

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Fraiku: Regrets

Posted on 2021/10/15 by Bartholomew Barker

Full of shoulds and couldsAn effigy of myselfShall we burn me down?

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Fraiku: Nightowl

Posted on 2021/10/08 by Bartholomew Barker

Crickets serenadeMy solo lucubrationDawn arrives too soon

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