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Fraiku: Independence
Because we didn’t want to be subject to the whims of a tyrant (Apparently after 250 years, we’ve changed our mind.)
Fraiku: Summer Solstice
Let’s turn up the heat under the moneyed elites and march in the streets Happy June Solstice! (Sorry about the rhymes.)
Record of Dissent Published
I am very proud to announce that The Chaos Section Poetry Project’s anthology, Record of Dissent: Poems of Protest in an Authoritarian Age — Summer 2025, has been published and it includes three of my political poems. I also have … Continue reading
Fraiku: No Kings
sigh After two hundred fifty years, we have to do it all again. (Find an event near you)
Support the Troops
Will you thank them for their service when they gun down your neighbors for marching in the streets? Will you salute our soldiers, as they kick down your door in search of undesirables? Will you praise their sacrifice as they … Continue reading
Fraiku: Political Science
Red pickup trucks run us down a wake of buzzards pick over our corpse even though we’re not dead yet Discovered today that the collective noun for buzzards, specifically feeding buzzards, is a wake. I propose we also use that … Continue reading
Fraiku: Resistance
Don’t wait for the cavalry You’re already on your horse Go rescue someone
Voices Unbound: An International Poetry Anthology
I am very pleased to announce that one of my poems has been included in the just published anthology, Voices Unbound. Through that link you can buy a paperback edition and preview an electronic version. My poem is called Coming … Continue reading
Vacation Planning
Let’s go to the beach this summer, splurge on soft serve and funnel cake, before the ocean reaches up and drags the boardwalk down. Let’s play one more game of Skeeball, as the Red Hats cheer the masculine waves and … Continue reading
Fraiku: God Bless America
Freedom of speech as long as you agree with the regime (US judge rules Mahmoud Khalil can be deported for his views)
Bartholomew Barker, Poet 