Photo by Lisa Fotios on Pexels.com Nests are being built,sparrows dive into hedges;the cat is outside Copyright Francis 2021
Tag: Cat
Haiku: Chill Wind
Photo by Inga Seliverstova on Pexels.com Chill wind in my face,a cat watching from inside.Heating on all day. Copyright Francis 2021
Haiku: Light Returning
Photo by Ben Mack on Pexels.com A light returningthrough the greying firmament.The cat is outside Copyright Francis 2021
Haiku: Winter Moment
Photo by Wendy Wei on Pexels.com A skein of geeseacross sparse sky --The cat stretches Copyright Francis 2021
Haiku (Modern): Feline
Photo by Sam Lion on Pexels.com The cat is.He owns nothing --except you Copyright Francis 2021
Haiku: Slumber
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com The cat needs no friendssleeping eighteen hours a dayLife led in slumber Copyright Francis 2020
The Beast
Photo by Dennis Perreault on Pexels.com I conspire with the beast.Two or three times a dayI must feed my best friend,this cuddly saturnine felinesuch processed packets of slaughter,which I dispense withoutthought into his bowl.He is the innocent;it is I who flagrantlyintervenes in nature, my acquiescence muffling screams -- and my conscience.And what am Ibut a … Continue reading The Beast
Tanka: Rain Cat
When it starts to rain I am reminded of you soaked on windowsills You'd love to go out in rain Now the wet garden's empty copyright Francis Barker 2019
Tanka: Cat
The cat owns nothing
he's the solitary one
Tanka: The Best Time
It was the best time Endless summers before school just mum, cat and me Our art of simply being beat the toil of becoming copyright Francis Barker 2019
Poem ‘Flux’
The window is ajar, just enough to let in some air, to tantalise the cat hooked by night's soft invitation. Something outside is burning, hangs in the yielding light, though I've never seen those crimson clouds phase to dusky pink and then to grey. It's a flux which eludes me every time. Magic, you might … Continue reading Poem ‘Flux’
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