Haiku: ‘October’

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Nature’s gorgeous fall
Autumn’s myriad colours
Stop my own decline

Copyright Francis Barker 2020

Tanka: Coincidences

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It’s all gone backwards
Health, justice, education,
freedom and our faith
They have all been compromised
but it’s mere coincidence

copyright Francis Barker 2020