Photograph: Old Telephone Booths

e2b66407399941949193df4c1fe2dded — Old Red Telephone Booths in Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England. Copyright Francis Barker 2020.

Toy London British Buses – ‘Made in England’

Another toy find in the loft. These are relatively modern examples of old London buses.

This is another example of the triumph of older styles, the wonderful coachwork. And of course the colour red is so emphatic once again.

There’s also the classic phrase ‘Made in England’, which we don’t see too often these days.

copyright Francis Barker 2020

Poem: Red Dress (Distant Thunder)

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Got me in a fix again, I see
a white rider in the sky.
Mesa mountain and inselberg draw me
where no avatar can lie.

I got a seat on a wagon train for free,
hazel eyes stare back in fright.
Overhead the milky way guides me,
sacred spirit of the night.

By the dirt house, all in patient pose;
a prairie wind blows her dress.
Devil sun and skull of buffalo,
red is grey where none confess.

Harvest in, piece of grass in my lips,
shadow birds cross amber sky.
She’s here – drops the dress to her hips –
the nest of red where we’ll lie

copyright Francis Barker 2019