Tag: faith

Haiku From A Picture: Faith Out Of Wood

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From lime wood and oak
faith’s testimony emerged
A forgotten world

copyright Francis Barker 2020

Haiku From A Picture: Wall Stories

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Whitewashed centuries
Stories reveal depth of faith
We merely marvel

copyright Francis Barker 2020

Poem (Haiku) From A Picture: ‘Relative’

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Tattershall, Lincolnshire, England

Life is short, they say
Pain seems interminable
They are relative

copyright Francis Barker 2020

Poem From A Picture: ‘Tidy’

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The church is a tidy corner of my mind,
a space safe from intrusion,
for only like-minded souls may enter.
There is a code, not for dress, but for respect
and yes, the truth – true as light enters
from the south window and door,
as sure as nature rules over us
by allegory and design

copyright Francis Barker 2020

Poem: Edifice

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Prague Cathedral
Who would have the time, 
the patience
and the patronage,
to build a new edifice to faith?
Today's monstrosities arise to lesser gods,
steel and glass tombs where no one lives,
while shanty towns mass around 
in some claustrophobic hell, 
whose denizens fight and beg 
just to stay alive.
Such juxtaposition is not new -
only the extremes.

copyright Francis Barker 2020