Tag Archives: winter

Fraiku: Winter Night

Posted on 2023/01/20 by Bartholomew Barker

Shooting star spits across the skyignored by the pine treesglazed with ice

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Winter Begins

Posted on 2022/12/21 by Bartholomew Barker

Winter Begins We’re all in trouble if the Sunkeeps sinking earlier and rising later No thaw in the Earth— no planting in springno harvest in autumn just a night with no dawn Snow piles higher— rivers freeze to their bedsand … Continue reading →

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They Called Me Cardie

Posted on 2022/12/12 by Bartholomew Barker

because of my bright red parka and black ski mask a chubby shadow engraved in the snow while my sled sped downhill alone (for the Living Poetry Visual Prompt and Sammi Cox’s Weekend Writing Prompt.)

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Late Winter Thaw

Posted on 2022/02/21 by Bartholomew Barker

We shed our heavy coats on sunny days above freezing Forget last autumn’s shivering in parkas at the same temperature Recipe for another variant still a month from the equinox yet behaving like it’s all over (For Sammi Cox’s Weekend … Continue reading →

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Fraiku: More Snow Tonight

Posted on 2022/01/28 by Bartholomew Barker

Listen to the snowFill these woods at nightWhile old trees shrug

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A Thursday Morning in Winter

Posted on 2022/01/26 by Bartholomew Barker

The cars on my street were spray-painted whiteby that famous vandal, Jack Frost. The hungover sunoffers no warmth. I should remove the crystalline dewfrom my windshield but I must’ve walked widdershinsaround the bar— lost my scraper and glove. This credit … Continue reading →

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The Rhythm of Melting Snow

Posted on 2022/01/23 by Bartholomew Barker

If I close my eyesand face the sunI can almost rememberspring

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Fraiku: Winter Walk

Posted on 2022/01/21 by Bartholomew Barker

Frozen footfalls crunchBundled like an astronautIgnored by the sun

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Fraiku: January Tree

Posted on 2022/01/07 by Bartholomew Barker

Bare branches shiverunder winter starslike a hand without a glove

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A Good Winter Night

Posted on 2022/01/05 by Bartholomew Barker

A Good Winter Night Unlike the impatient dawnwhich erupts upon the worldlike a chocolate covered cherry Sunset eases graceful silentand welcoming as an old bookby a fireplace in winter Sink into this well-worn couchput your feet in my laplet me … Continue reading →

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