Emphatic red blooms
Symbols of slaughter and hope
So never again
Copyright Francis Barker 2020
Haiku: ‘Red’
Tangled Up in Zen — Artistcoveries (Reblog)
Life is crazy these days. Between a pandemic and politics, we’re living in a world of confusion and uncertainty. Emotions run high, spirits are low, and life as we once knew it is a thing of the past. No one knows for sure where we’re heading on when we’ll get there. Day after day my […]
Tangled Up in Zen — Artistcoveries
*Is simple living an art form?
Review Niksen: Embracing the Dutch Art of Doing Nothing – Olga Mecking — Simply a Book Drunkard (Reblog)
The Dutch people are some of the happiest in the world. Their secret? They are masters of niksen, or the art of doing nothing. Niksen is not a form of meditation, nor is it a state of laziness or boredom. It’s not scrolling through social media, or wondering what you’re going to cook for dinner. […]
Review Niksen: Embracing the Dutch Art of Doing Nothing – Olga Mecking — Simply a Book Drunkard
*So are the Dutch different?
Haiku: ‘Seat for the Fallen’
Wars to end all wars
Remembering the fallen
Never ending war
Copyright Francis Barker 2020
Haiku: ‘Recycle’
Unchanging nature
Constantly changing seasons
Spirits recycling
Copyright Francis Barker 2020
Ciscography 