Time and a Season

Copyright Francis 2023

I find the autumn, or more properly, the fall, quite depressing. Yet it has is benefits; it is a time to reflect and pursue hobbies such as photography, and to prepare.

Haibun Poem: Amnesia

low angle photo of four high rise curtain wall buildings under white clouds and blue sky
Photo by Philipp Birmes on Pexels.com

We found cameras in the rubble
of abandoned buildings
and started shooting.
We lived in ways which never matched 
those plush surroundings,
demolished before our eyes
to make way for the steel and glass –
an inferior civilisation tethered in debt.

Tell me what is real
Our amnesia is profound
Wake up to the dream

copyright Francis Barker 2020