If peace rules the heart
then the whole world will be still
Glory in silence
copyright Francis Barker 2020
Evening Haiku: Peace
Tag: silence
Tanka: Times Are Changing
The times are changing
I’m going back to the one
The silent centre
is where I reside with you
my own defender and friend
copyright Francis Barker 2019
Poem ‘Meditation’
Sometimes I hate you, I must
avert my eyes.
Other times I love you
and I’m crazy, I can’t leave you
alone.
Mostly though I’m indifferent,
you’re something there out
of my window on any
random day,
like the sparrows who chat huddled
side by side
on their privet hedge.
But whether you’re friend, enemy
or mere acquaintance, you are all
outsiders—
intruders in this precious
secret space
poem © copyright David F. Barker 2012
Poem ‘Five Minutes’
Five Minutes
It’s only a pigeon’s call,
three short squawks
repeated ad infinitum.
I wonder why
he has so much to say
but this is his life:
during the day he eats,
at dusk he turns to sleep
A car arrives— sounds like
the slick bass purr of a German V6,
crunching on gravel.
A door slamming marks an end,
maybe shopping unloaded:
the beginning of silence.
And then the pigeon
starts over all over again
poem © copyright df barker 2012
