Haiku: Change the Narrative

happy young multiethnic baristas watching movie on laptop sitting on stairs during break
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What is going on?
Give us a new narrative
A happy ending

Copyright Francis Barker 2020

Spiced Chai – A Poem*

Oh! to be a plateau of spiced chai and drink tea In ocean sips, like tributary lakes flow into sea. Warm sultry pods, the breathed air of elysium, In…

Spiced Chai – A Poem*

Haiku: Happening

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The empty city
The eviscerated minds
Something’s happening

Copyright Francis Barker 2020

Haiku: Good News

person standing on hand rails with arms wide open facing the mountains and clouds
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Give me some good news
I want to run in the sun
Let’s begin to live

Copyright Francis Barker 2020

Haiku: Pluto

man wearing black and blue mask costume
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Brooding dark power
The daunting mask of Hades
Underworlds draining

Copyright Francis Barker 2020