Photo by Engin Akyurt on Pexels.com Silence and darknessFall asleep and lose my friends -watching the world end Copyright Francis 2022
Tag: silence
Haiku: Sacred
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Sacred is the spaceAges of silence and peaceWatching incense clouds Copyright Francis 2022
Haiku: Only Words
Photo by Sinitta Leunen on Pexels.com Words may be weaponsto a weak and trusting soulCure in the silence Copyright Francis 2022
Haiku #8 (NS)
Photo by cottonbro on Pexels.com Delicate beautySweet fragrance filling the roomIn welcome silence Copyright Francis 2021
Haiku (Irregular): Short Story
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Cats howlingSlush of vehicle --silence Copyright Francis 2021
‘The Silence’ — a poem
Photo by Dids on Pexels.com The gentle rush of rainbreaks the silence,soon joined by the cat lapping --unseen.Then both are gone;I watch the miles thick cloudparading overhead,dark autumn leviathansshunting in from the west. Yes, sometimes the silence gets to me,it isn't what I crave.A silent mind is creative, some say,then how is darkness a friend? … Continue reading ‘The Silence’ — a poem
Evening Haiku: Peace
If peace rules the heart then the whole world will be still Glory in silence copyright Francis Barker 2020
Tanka: Times Are Changing
The times are changing
I'm going back to the one
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 … Continue reading Poem ‘Meditation’
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 … Continue reading Poem ‘Five Minutes’
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