Haiku: War’s Hollow Victory

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Haiku copyright Francis Barker 2020

Are there ever any real victors in conflict? When so many people die, who wins? The idea of war is even being projected into ‘space’ – a star war. War appears to be an endemic human condition. I dispute this. The lesson of war is to avoid it – period.

Daily Haiku: Ungrateful Country

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Ungrateful country
You make me fight my brother
But now I’m aware

copyright Francis Barker 2020

Haiku: Civilisation

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Civilisation
The first city is unearthed
Let battle begin

copyright Francis Barker 2019

Poem: Memory

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When you told me the story
I could see the fire in your eyes.
How do you live with those memories?
How do you push all that
to the back of your mind
and move to another land
where you’re hated and vilified
simply for being who you are,
by people who have no idea
of what happened to you,
to your family who you left behind –
dead in the city which was once your home

copyright Francis Barker 2019

Tanka: Jet

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Continual noise
The fighter is buzzing me
just circling on high
Is there no war to go to?
I’ll put up with his presence

copyright Francis Barker 2019