Haiku: ‘Perspectives on Rain’

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Rain seals the darkness
Roosting birds watch silently
Humans mourn the day

Copyright Francis Barker 2020

Malefic Times — Bending Backward (Reblog)

From the 23rd to 26th, helio Mercury traverses the Uranus, Earth, and Mars conjunction that is t-squaring Ven and Ju/Sat/Pl. The geo Mer direct station on the USA election bodes poorly, in a sharp t-square to JSPL, ruling a moon afflicted by a Nep sq. Note Nep at Bendings, also. Ur-Sun and Ven-Mars oppositions too, […]

Malefic Times — Bending Backward

Snatch

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A consumed moon’s meagre light;
I pause, mourning this grey life.
Let me look at you —
ear lobes like pearls from tissue,
the emollient pallor of your royal flesh.
My finger probes your lips
as an owl hoots its presence:
I imagine your soul,
the skulls of saints

Copyright Francis Barker 2020

dVerse Poetics: The charms of Samuel Greenberg

Haiku: ‘Blue Mondays’

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Monday hits me hard
The start of a nothing week
Emptiness inside

Copyright Francis Barker 2020

Haiku: ‘Autumn Onset’

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Cold and stultified
Dank views from a smeared window
Overthinking hurts

Copyright Francis Barker 2020