Haiku: Quantum Truth

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A quantum theory
Cause comes from a higher plane
Truth and light are one

copyright Francis Barker 2019

Haiku: Empty Pews

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The church is empty
I visit like a tourist
Waterless canal

copyright Francis Barker 2019

Poem: The Blank Page

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The white cat in a snow storm
is staring at me
though there’s no sign of its face
and those glaring eyes

I had soon better come up
with something
or it will soon morph into black
and hide in the coal house

copyright Francis Barker 2019

Poem: This Side of Domesday

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He dwells here in the rafters, they say,
among the bees nests and wood rot,
shifting like some spirit of the night
when modern lights switch on.
From Normandy he came
with looters and carpetbaggers,
led through England’s porous gates
to plunder and destroy,
to establish his lascivious life.
The only gates open now,
beyond haunting this crumbling pile,
are the fires of flaming hell.

copyright Francis Barker 2019

Haiku: Hierarchy

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The eagle soars high
how else could it ever be?
Nature’s hierarchy

copyright Francis Barker 2019