Haiku: Footprints

photo of woman walking barefoot on seashore
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Footprints in the sand
Who is it walking with us?
The waves wash away

copyright Francis Barker 2020

Poem: ‘Clouds’

I’ve been watching clouds, ideas floating in my mind, sometimes hidden behind veils of confusion and deceit, or often not there at all. Then the blue sky reigns, like a short cut to heaven, where the breath seems sweeter and life so much richer, connected to the source of all joy and awareness. And when the clouds return, like single thoughts intruding, I know they will pass

Copyright Francis Barker 2020

Haiku: Focal Point

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Candle focal point
The mind fixes upon light
Thoughts settle on peace

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

Haiku: A Friend In Time

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Who knows what time is
A cold distant relative
who's left you behind

copyright Francis Barker 2020