Nature is beauty
Ugliness ignores the truth
A thought to reflect
copyright Francis Barker 2020
Tag: poem
Haibun Poem: Amnesia
We found cameras in the rubble
of abandoned buildings
and started shooting.
We lived in ways which never matchedÂ
those plush surroundings,
demolished before our eyes
to make way for the steel and glass –
an inferior civilisation tethered in debt.
Tell me what is real
Our amnesia is profound
Wake up to the dream
copyright Francis Barker 2020
Haibun Poem: Inheritance
History is a narrative,
tomes written by the victors,
stories bequeathed to us children
who merely play
among the cast offs of giants.
We inheritors
Our shacks around palaces
Digging in the dirt
copyright Francis Barker 2020
Haiku: No Pantomime Villain
This earth is in tune
We’ve allowed all the discord
Reveal the villain
copyright Francis Barker 2020
Tanka: Under the Sun
Crises sharpen minds:
Escaping to the country
Starting a new life
We must reclaim who we are
Our freedom under the sun
copyright Francis Barker 2020
