Tag Archives: mother

Fraiku: Mother Love

Posted on 2025-05-09 by Bartholomew Barker

Like a fleece blanket warmed by the fireplace sleep easy child

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Fraiku: Mothers

Posted on 2024-01-05 by Bartholomew Barker

No sleep so sound as when I’m snuggled in my mother’s arms (Inspired by the news story, Elephant calf separated from herd reunited with mother.)

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Free Verse Revolution: Tahmina

Posted on 2022-09-24 by Bartholomew Barker

I am very proud to announce that one of my poems, Another Birth, has been published in the current issue of Free Verse Revolution: Tahmina: (love & loss). You can download the PDF for free but, once you see it, … Continue reading →

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Mother’s Day

Posted on 2016-05-08 by Bartholomew Barker

My mother requested a poem for Mother’s Day. It is shared here with her kind permission. Anchors I used to get anchors stuck in my eye when I was a boy playing in the woods. It wasn’t until I was … Continue reading →

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