Conflict has parents
Peace is a natural state
Still lake of the mind
copyright Francis Barker 2020
Haiku: Still Lake
Tag: poetry
Haiku: Exposition
There’s nowhere to hide
The light of truth shines on all
Is your conscience clear?
copyright Francis Barker 2020
Tanka: Lockdown Silver Lining
Not a cloud in sight
Small mercies worth waiting for
We need so little
The treasures endlessly sought
We have found them here at home
copyright Francis Barker 2020
Tanka: Debate
Debate was once good
Taking sides, we argued points
Then we would shake hands
Now it’s vicious and puerile
From our digital bunkers
copyright Francis Barker 2020
Tanka: Marlowe’s End
Officially dead
A strange mysterious end
Debts paid in Deptford
Your legacy is besmirched
Talents ever apparent
*427 years ago today the poet, dramatist and suspected intelligencer or spy, Christopher Marlowe, officially died in Deptford, east London.
copyright Francis Barker 2020
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