Tag Archives: haiku

Fraiku: Submission

Posted on 2023/03/17 by Bartholomew Barker

Silk scarf ’round your neck lust pulling tight — seeing stars trust leaves you breathless (for Sammi Cox’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Breathtaking)

Posted in Poetry | Tagged bdsm, breath, choke, fraiku, haiku | 23 Comments

Fraiku: Fetch

Posted on 2023/03/10 by Bartholomew Barker

Retrieval of sticksis a serious matterexcept from water for this week’s Living Poetry Prompt Last Friday Susi Bocks from The Short of It interviewed me about the next anthology, Reflections and Revelations. I read my poem Roses at the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged dog, fetch, fraiku, haiku | 12 Comments

Fraiku: Scrapbook

Posted on 2023/03/03 by Bartholomew Barker

Little square windowsinto a black & white pastWas that you or me? (for this week’s Living Poetry Prompt.)

Posted in Poetry | Tagged baby, fraiku, haiku, scrapbook | 26 Comments

Fraiku: Last Match

Posted on 2023/02/24 by Bartholomew Barker

The moment of truthwill it sputter to lifeor will darkness snuff the light

Posted in Poetry | Tagged drama, fraiku, haiku | 25 Comments

Fraiku: Traveling through the Dark

Posted on 2023/02/17 by Bartholomew Barker

I wonder what it’d be like to live where no blinking red lights marred the heroic night sky that never cared less (for William Stafford from whom I stole the title and the heroic sky that never cared less.)