Tag Archives: woman

Fraiku: Spectaphile

Posted on 2025-06-27 by Bartholomew Barker

I wish she’d just wear her glasses though I’ll gladly catch her when she falls

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Fraiku: Audre Lorde

Posted on 2024-03-15 by Bartholomew Barker

I am not one thing each aspect a note in a chord and I am the song For Women’s History Month, a haiku for the great Audre Lorde, 1934-1992. She described herself as a “black, lesbian, feminist, socialist, mother, warrior, … Continue reading →

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Fraiku: July

Posted on 2021-07-02 by Bartholomew Barker

July returns about the same time every yearthe woman who lives next door walks her dogsbarefoot in the North Carolina grass (For this week’s Living Poetry Prompt, an American Haiku since I blew through the Japanese style syllable limit.)

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