
It could be today
The awoken read the signs
All the boxes ticked
Copyright Francis Barker 2020

It could be today
The awoken read the signs
All the boxes ticked
Copyright Francis Barker 2020

Copyright Francis Barker 2020
Through the iron bars I can seeThat tall and sturdy oak tree.Though these bars are rustedAnd my cellmate untrusted,That tree stands tall and meanIn that wild field of green. A remembrance to men like meThat at one point we were free.Tall and sturdy, green and rootedTill one day to jail we were booted.For a crime […]
The Tall and Sturdy Oak Tree — Primitive Poetry
***Reblogged by Francis Barker, poet.

I’m one of the few in a madding crowd, as they pour their eyes on me I shake my head out within the cloud. To not trust me by sight, but feel the relent of sacred night. As I speak not for al; I have my words not spoken loud. For this I’m not proud. […]
‘vehemence, — Jojo Al-waealy
***Reblogged by Francis Barker, blogger, writer, poet, artist, astrologer.

The gentle rush of rain
breaks the silence,
soon joined by the cat lapping —
unseen.
Then both are gone;
I watch the miles thick cloud
parading overhead,
dark autumn leviathans
shunting in from the west. Yes,
sometimes the silence gets to me,
it isn’t what I crave.
A silent mind is creative, some say,
then how is darkness a friend?
Copyright Francis Barker 2020 — a creator fond of poetry