Tag Archives: vaccine

Fraiku: COVID-19 Test

Posted on 2023-08-18 by Bartholomew Barker

Minor aches, mild cough, no fever, yet positive. Hurray for vaccines!

Posted in Poetry | Tagged , , , | 27 Comments

Fraiku: Booster

Posted on 2022-06-03 by Bartholomew Barker

More puddle than persondrowsed and draped on a couchfever builds antibodies

Posted in Poetry | Tagged , , , , , | 11 Comments

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

Posted in Poetry | Tagged , , , , | 19 Comments

Sonnet composed while waiting for Anaphylaxis

Posted on 2021-05-17 by Bartholomew Barker

Sonnet composed while waiting for Anaphylaxis I couldn’t be certainI wasn’t already sickand just not snufflingso I wore my mask. Every day I took my temperatureto see if it had raisedinto the triple-digitsbut I remained stubbornly cool. Today a second … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged , , , , | 20 Comments

Partially Vaccinated

Posted on 2021-04-20 by Bartholomew Barker

And somehow we’re already on our third Two-for-Tuesday prompt of the month. This is the one that shows up each and every April. For this Two-for-Tuesday prompt from Robert Lee Brewer’s Write Better Poetry blog: Write a love poem and/or…Write … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged , , , , | 9 Comments