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Fraiku for the Deer who steals seeds from birds and squirrels
Calm as an autumn lake while I yell my fool head off from a window
Fraiku: Awe
Eyes widen — mouth gapes mind empties for a moment of thoughtless beauty
Through the Window
Observing the teenage squirrels at play and titmice foraging among the leaves has convinced me. I’m moving out of my apartment and building a treehouse. Now that everything’s green, no one will notice a studio in the branches. I’ll leave … Continue reading
One
The bees and the coneflower The butterflies and the bush The nectar The pollen The garden The birds and the trees The flock over the field The seeds The poop The soil Raspberries in summer Red-stained fingers on a hand … Continue reading
Two Anthologies
This past week saw two new anthologies appear in my mailbox. The first to arrive was the latest from Vita Brevis Press, Nothing Divine Dies— The Poetry of Nature. The editor, Brian Geiger, was gracious enough to include one of … Continue reading
Squirrels have Personalities
Squirrels have Personalities I’ve got no beef with the quiet oneswho go about their squirrely business,turning over brittle brown leavesin search of fatty seeds and nuts. It’s the ruffians and scapegracesin the yard, taunting my cat, Moriarty,with their harsh chitters … Continue reading
Adaptation
A mated pair of White Ibisstride across the Sonic parking lotadapting to the asphalt covered marshfrench fries— their crayfish
On the Gulf Coast
The pelican folds herself into a harpoonto impale the water and erupt from the waveswith a quivering gular pouch
Pink Confetti
Pink Confetti from the eastern redbudlitters the parking lotwhere I walk a tightropeof concrete wheel stopslike the boy I was long agoconfident as a balanced eggthat the tilt of the earthwon’t pull me askewthis first day of spring Happy March … Continue reading
Kudzu published at Whispers and Echoes
I’m proud to announce that my poem Kudzu was just published at Whispers and Echoes. I’ve been following W&E for a while now because they post excellent short poetry and I’m honored to have been included. All my gratitude to … Continue reading
Bartholomew Barker, Poet 