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Haiku: North

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Staring at the north
where the sun will never reach
Fulcrom of the earth

copyright Francis Barker 2019

Poem: Back to the One

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women s white top and orange floral skirt

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You travel to earth’s extremities
while I plumb the greater depths of the mind

The world experience is merely that –
however far I go it all comes back to me

copyright Francis Barker 2019

Brexit, or no Brexit?

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Brexit or no Brexit: that is the question:
Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer
the sins of outrageous politicians,
Or to pull the plug on that swamp of filth,
And by opposing drain it?

copyright Francis Barker 2019

Poem: Coffee Stains

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blank paper with pen and coffee cup on wood table

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The coffee cup stains
don’t mean I’ve been working

The screwed up paper
doesn’t mean I’ve got no ideas

The smell of food cooking
means your meal’s on the table

copyright Francis Barker 2019

Haiku: November Woes

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Away November
You are death’s epitome
Harbinger of cold

Poem: The Old Shed

Posted on 5 Days Ago by Leofwine Tanner

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In my head I still make the journey
to your shed, to quiver at those
huge summer spiders and smell

the creosote and guano, to wonder
at your tools all cleaned and
oiled, a hanging display of your mind.

But now through this filthy
fissured window,
the late butter sun gleams low – and look

there she is, bent over,
with the tin bath I bathed in as a boy. And
there’s our washing to take in

Haiku: The Meaning of Life

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Mercury Ascends

Art, Words, Astrology

Haiku: North

Staring at the north
where the sun will never reach
Fulcrom of the earth

Poem: Back to the One

You travel to earth’s extremities
while I plumb the greater depths of the mind

The world experience is merely that –
however far I go it all comes back to me

Brexit, or no Brexit?

Brexit or no Brexit: that is the question:
Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer
the sins of outrageous politicians,
Or to pull the plug on that swamp of filth,
And by opposing drain it?

Poem: Coffee Stains

The coffee cup stains
don’t mean I’ve been working

The screwed up paper
doesn’t mean I’ve got no ideas

The smell of food cooking
means your meal’s on the table

Haiku: November Woes

Away November
You are death’s epitome
Harbinger of cold

Poem: The Old Shed

In my head I still make the journey
to your shed, to quiver at those
huge summer spiders and smell

the creosote and guano, to wonder
at your tools all cleaned and
oiled, a hanging display of your mind.

But now through this filthy
fissured window,
the late butter sun gleams low – and look

there she is, bent over,
with the tin bath I bathed in as a boy. And
there’s our washing to take in

Haiku: The Meaning of Life

I look for meaning
I never find an answer
I am just living

Staring at the north where the sun will never reach Fulcrom of the earth

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You travel to earth’s extremities while I plumb the greater depths of the mind

The world experience is merely that – however far I go it all comes back to me

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Brexit or no Brexit: that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer the sins of outrageous politicians, Or to pull the plug on that swamp of filth, And by opposing drain it?

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The coffee cup stains don’t mean I’ve been working

The screwed up paper doesn’t mean I’ve got no ideas

The smell of food cooking means your meal’s on the table

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Away November You are death’s epitome Harbinger of cold

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In my head I still make the journey to your shed, to quiver at those huge summer spiders and smell

the creosote and guano, to wonder at your tools all cleaned and oiled, a hanging display of your mind.

But now through this filthy fissured window, the late butter sun gleams low – and look

there she is, bent over, with the tin bath I bathed in as a boy. And there’s our washing to take in

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I look for meaning I never find an answer I am just living

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Staring at the north
where the sun will never reach
Fulcrom of the earth

You travel to earth’s extremities
while I plumb the greater depths of the mind

The world experience is merely that –
however far I go it all comes back to me

Brexit or no Brexit: that is the question:
Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer
the sins of outrageous politicians,
Or to pull the plug on that swamp of filth,
And by opposing drain it?

The coffee cup stains
don’t mean I’ve been working

The screwed up paper
doesn’t mean I’ve got no ideas

The smell of food cooking
means your meal’s on the table

Away November
You are death’s epitome
Harbinger of cold

In my head I still make the journey
to your shed, to quiver at those
huge summer spiders and smell

the creosote and guano, to wonder
at your tools all cleaned and
oiled, a hanging display of your mind.

But now through this filthy
fissured window,
the late butter sun gleams low – and look

there she is, bent over,
with the tin bath I bathed in as a boy. And
there’s our washing to take in

I look for meaning
I never find an answer
I am just living