Category: poetry

Wenceslas Square, Prague, Czechia 2019

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Photo copyright Francis Barker 2019

Haiku: Change the Narrative

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What is going on?
Give us a new narrative
A happy ending

Copyright Francis Barker 2020

Places We Go

I was taught this a very long time ago and it was reinforced by a beautiful friend who once told me that whatever/wherever/whomever I write about has…

Places We Go

Prague, Czech Republic (Czechia) 2019

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Photo copyright Francis Barker 2019

Spiced Chai – A Poem*

Oh! to be a plateau of spiced chai and drink tea In ocean sips, like tributary lakes flow into sea. Warm sultry pods, the breathed air of elysium, In…

Spiced Chai – A Poem*