For years I believed
They foisted lies upon me
Light comes to me now
Even unto the world’s end
You are not deserting me
Copyright Francis 2020
Tanka: ‘Unto the End’
Category: tanka
Travelling in the Wilderness (Tanka)
Family strangers
Youngest — I am odd one out
Mission accomplished
Hurled into this mad, mad world
Did I really choose this fate?
Copyright Francis 2020
*Poetics dVerse.
Tanka: ‘Remember, Remember’
Pennies for the Guy
Heroes portrayed as traitors
History repeats
A dime has duality
Turn over the other side
Copyright Francis Barker 2020
Tanka: ‘Dark Times’
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Tanka: Under the Sun
Crises sharpen minds:
Escaping to the country
Starting a new life
We must reclaim who we are
Our freedom under the sun
copyright Francis Barker 2020
Tanka: Mad Situation
Did I ask for this?
Who’s forcing it upon me?
I say take it down
I will refuse to kowtow
My life is always my own
copyright Francis Barker 2020
Tanka: Manifesto
No left and no right
I exist at the centre
My family first
My community second
Building blocks of the nations
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Tanka: Your Choice
You see division
Whereas I see unity
In this together
Each of us must make a choice
Love always wins in the end
copyright Francis Barker 2020
Tanka: Destiny
Aquarius down
Defining point of our lives
This is the threshold
Were we all born to see this?
Witnesses to destiny
copyright Francis Barker 2020
Tanka: Lockdown Silver Lining
Not a cloud in sight
Small mercies worth waiting for
We need so little
The treasures endlessly sought
We have found them here at home
copyright Francis Barker 2020
Tanka: Debate
Debate was once good
Taking sides, we argued points
Then we would shake hands
Now it’s vicious and puerile
From our digital bunkers
copyright Francis Barker 2020
