Tag: poetry

Tanka: Questions

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Why was I born now?
Mere chance or is it my fate?
Unanswered questions
A pristine hall of closed doors
Reveal the unbending road

copyright Francis Barker 2019

Poem: A Revelation

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One day, it may be right now
I will read Revelation again

What’s that? You don’t understand?
You say it’s mumbo-jumbo

that no one truly believes it
Well I’m not saying I do

I am a seeker, restless
I want to know the facts

and if John’s words lead me closer
to some truth

then so be it and I will pause
stop, digest it

however unpalatable
because I need to be prepared

Don’t let me be the one who says
I told you so

copyright Francis Barker 2019

Tanka: The Best Time

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It was the best time
Endless summers before school
just mum, cat and me
Our art of simply being
beat the toil of becoming

copyright Francis Barker 2019

Haiku: Rain

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It’s cool and raining
but I am not complaining
The heat’s been draining

copyright Francis Barker 2019

Tanka: Between the Lines

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Enough is enough
I have a mind of my own
How it could have been
We may never know the truth
hidden between bloody lines

copyright Francis Barker 2019