The contention hurts
whichever side we’ve taken
Bells of joy and doom
copyright Francis Barker 2020
Tag: England
Poem From A Picture: ‘Doorways’
Doorways to nowhere,
ghosts whisper from parallel worlds
where alternate timelines run,
better worlds than our own.
copyright Francis Barker 2020
Poem From A Picture: ‘A Firm Distant Memory’
It’s iconic now,
England versus West Germany,
countries no longer existing,
old adversaries meeting
on a dappled pitch in late July,
still embroiled in controversy;
such as goals which were not goals,
views strictly dictated along partisan lines,
or the keen eye of a Russian linesman.
copyright Francis Barker 2020
Haiku From A Picture: Wall Stories
Whitewashed centuries
Stories reveal depth of faith
We merely marvel
copyright Francis Barker 2020
Poem From A Picture: ‘Lychgate’
Among thousands of well-tended churchyards,
the lychgate remains guarding some
as the portal from this life. In and out
we may pass during our petty days,
to sip tea and enthuse over cake,
to attend a happy marriage
or a hopeful christening. Yet we never see
the day when the wooden gate opens, for us,
through that final time when the funeral meats
have turned cold and our daily minutiae
will have counted for naught, except
in the annals of that eternal judge
copyright Francis Barker 2020
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