Haiku: Renaissance Now

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Who has the skill now?
Past mastery forgotten
A just renaissance

copyright Francis Barker 2020

Photograph: Georgian Welland Terrace, Spalding, Lincolnshire

48a48570039d402297b8fb41c53ccdcd — A spring view across the river towards Welland Terrace, from Ayscoughfee Hall, Spalding. Copyright Francis Barker 2020

Photograph: Spalding’s Ayscoughfee Hall & Gardens

ef436a04b6f740c8878f813494579ff5 — A view from the Edwin Lutyens designed war memorial, through the gardens towards the church of Saints Mary and Nicolas, Spalding, Lincolnshire. Copyright Francis Barker 2020

Photograph: North Entrance of Spalding Parish Church, Lincolnshire, England

d55c602ba79a4acab9ced4e735507a8b — Saint Mary and Saint Nicolas, Spalding. Photo by Francis Barker 2020

Haiku: Could We?

2020-01-17 21-04-26 — Church ceiling in Prague.

Could we do it now?
Make such great statements of faith?
Worlds are in retreat

picture and haiku copyright Francis Barker 2020