Poem: ‘Trick & No Treat’

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It’s been trick or treat all year,
though no one’s been to my door.
News is a petulant child
running loose on the airwaves,
heavy on the trick,
sparse on the treat;
scare stories to chill the hearts
of the most level minded souls.
My curtains remain open,
I’m just willing them to knock,
though I cannot pass out candy.
This year have my TV,
a year’s subscription if you life —
so long as you take it away.

Copyright Francis Barker 2020

Share Three Somethings – October — Meditations in Motion (Reblog)

Yes, I know the format for this post is supposed to include four somethings. I will explain later why I only have three to share this month (and maybe for several months to come). Something Loved   My oldest grandson is currently attending school  in-person two days a week because of restrictions due to the […]

Share Three Somethings – October — Meditations in Motion

Haiku: ‘Perspectives on Rain’

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Rain seals the darkness
Roosting birds watch silently
Humans mourn the day

Copyright Francis Barker 2020

Malefic Times — Bending Backward (Reblog)

From the 23rd to 26th, helio Mercury traverses the Uranus, Earth, and Mars conjunction that is t-squaring Ven and Ju/Sat/Pl. The geo Mer direct station on the USA election bodes poorly, in a sharp t-square to JSPL, ruling a moon afflicted by a Nep sq. Note Nep at Bendings, also. Ur-Sun and Ven-Mars oppositions too, […]

Malefic Times — Bending Backward

Sunday Trees — mazeepuran (माझे e-पुराण) (Reblog)

Sunday Trees

Sunday Trees — mazeepuran (माझे e-पुराण)

*Do trees really have a hidden life?