
I found an old nail
To add to my collection
You’re missing the point
Copyright Francis Barker 2020

I found an old nail
To add to my collection
You’re missing the point
Copyright Francis Barker 2020

The time approaches
See you on the other side
This world or the next
Copyright Francis Barker 2020
*Does reading dystopian fiction make these times harder or easier?

It was an alien landscape, in red-brown Martian hues, but built of boulders older than the skies have known the blues — or so the locals always said. But no man knew those views. They date to days primordial — before artist or muse.
POEM: Landscape, Ancient & Alien — the !n(tro)verted yogi
* Great stuff. More short poetry here.

I’m a gang of one
The one has many guises
Blink and I’ll be gone
Copyright Francis Barker 2020

Nature’s gorgeous fall
Autumn’s myriad colours
Stop my own decline
Copyright Francis Barker 2020