Where water once flowed
like rivers of belief,
diverted elsewhere or underground.
Yet the three-in-one bridge remains,
a reminder that I am a father, a son
and a brother too.
copyright Francis Barker 2020
Poem From A Picture: ‘Trinity’
Category: England
Poem From A Picture: ‘Doorways’
Doorways to nowhere,
ghosts whisper from parallel worlds
where alternate timelines run,
better worlds than our own.
copyright Francis Barker 2020
Poem From A Picture: ‘A Firm Distant Memory’
It’s iconic now,
England versus West Germany,
countries no longer existing,
old adversaries meeting
on a dappled pitch in late July,
still embroiled in controversy;
such as goals which were not goals,
views strictly dictated along partisan lines,
or the keen eye of a Russian linesman.
copyright Francis Barker 2020
Poem (Haiku) From A Picture: ‘Relative’
Life is short, they say
Pain seems interminable
They are relative
copyright Francis Barker 2020
Poem From A Picture: ‘Tidy’
The church is a tidy corner of my mind,
a space safe from intrusion,
for only like-minded souls may enter.
There is a code, not for dress, but for respect
and yes, the truth – true as light enters
from the south window and door,
as sure as nature rules over us
by allegory and design
copyright Francis Barker 2020
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