
Watch the sun go down;
all colours of the past day
fade without a sound
Copyright Francis 2022
Watch the sun go down;
all colours of the past day
fade without a sound
Copyright Francis 2022
In the darkest night
hand in hand through narrow streets;
whispers out of sight
Copyright Francis 2021
Sorrow in the wind
A draft keeping me awake
This cold moonless night
Copyright Francis 2021
Haunting winter Moon,
reflection in shallow sky —
my face in the glass
Copyright Francis 2021
A sleepless night, wind
and rain battering windows —
a haiku appears
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Through the creeping light
night and day undivided;
a thousand birdsongs
Copyright Francis 2021
January 13, 2021: Mercury and Venus can be found in the west-southwest during bright evening twilight. Mars is higher in the sky when the sky is darker. It is nearing the planet Uranus.
2021, January 13: Evening Planets — When the Curves Line Up
Love freedom and light
Not some continuous night
The end is in sight
Copyright Francis 2020
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