Some other Eden’s
low hanging fruit; I’m beguiled
by such shiny things
Copyright Francis 2022
Haiku: Beguiled
Tag: eden
Unimagined Eden – A Poem — Suzette B’s Blog (Reblog)
When uncertainty pours life’s shattered beaker When normalcy, once was a friend; now a stranger And comfort’s companion; unsweetened comfiture. When building the temple of an expected future – Like jackhammering Herculean rock to Poseidon – Chisels invisible smoke into sculptures hidden. But – Blazing a new trail has never been, nor, ever is easy […]
Unimagined Eden – A Poem — Suzette B’s Blog
Haiku: Descent
The portal’s open
so it’s time to make our peace
Eden will descend
copyright Francis Barker 2019
Distraction
Distraction
The thing that’s killing me
is that which first caught my ancestor’s eye.
Until then, I was content to roam the far horizon,
to be that quivering digit in the African plain,
strolling and musing, simply taking my time
when it didn’t matter; crouching at pools,
fishing for food, picking up things which lay around.
You could say it was like a kind of Eden,
for which I didn’t care or mistrust.
But then one day – I can’t recall exactly when –
something sparked, like a piece of flint in the sun;
sharp, fetching blood and an idea.
The rest you know in its outlines;
when the shaping of some tool
turned the wise one into a fool.
*Taken from poetry collection ‘anonymous lines’
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