
A thankful moment
in the church, that someone has
arranged the flowers
Copyright Francis 2022
Wafts of patchouli
catch rays of the morning sun
Eternal moment
Copyright Francis 2022
Thinking on a flame
Contemplating the bright light
We’re one and the same
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Rain on the water
Flame in the fire: elements
serve delectation
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HIgher perspectives
fill my mind with gaping awe
And still more questions
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Dankness of the day
A moment’s contemplation
Stillness in the mind
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Wind waves through the grass
Breath from far Hesperides
Watching elements
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I first encountered you in ceilings,
in wallpaper patterns, their imagined shapes;
lying on beds with open books, with time,
with The Planets Suite as background.
You, who watched erstwhile friends
playing and laughing, cycling madly
along lanes of cow parsley and smoke,
through an old peeling window frame.
You are the same person still — alone;
free, yet unheard and misunderstood,
unwilling to think, or bend like the rest,
still staring but from double glazed glass,
thoughts blowing among trees,
within the space of this room
Copyright Francis 2021
Quiet reflection.
A gnat touching
water’s sheen —
ripples in the mind
Copyright Francis 2021
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?
So we are mere dust
And to dust we all return
Contemplate the weeds
Copyright Francis Barker 2020
*See this week’s theme: Dust & Weed. “Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 328 DUST & Weed”