Haiku: Earthbound

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I know it’s so big
I can’t feel it move at all
So small that I’m lost

copyright Francis Barker 2019

Haiku: Civilisation

nativity painting of people inside a dome
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Civilisation
The first city is unearthed
Let battle begin

copyright Francis Barker 2019

Tanka: None So Blind

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Toss a coin up high
it will not land on its edge
Do you have a choice?
Heads and tails mean the same thing
Remove the coins from your eyes

copyright Francis Barker 2019

Poem: Benjamin

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Benjamin is the younger son
and I am your youngest.
The little things meant the most:
A bike trip to collect samphire from the marsh.
We saw Boston Stump rising from the mists,
perpendicular to that great horizon
in a silence broken only
by a lone redshank’s cry.
Years later when you gave me that last look;
just a glance which said so much –
that you didn’t want me to go.
None of us want to go, or even know when
but I’m sure you had an inkling
you’d soon leave this succession of goodbyes

copyright Francis Barker 2019

Haiku: Feast

flock of birds above a mountain
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Those who will not see
Vultures circle for the feast
though the birds have flown

copyright Francis Barker 2019