It is a slow fade from bright lights and total care to an uncaring dotage We ride this uncertain wave into the darkest twilight copyright Francis Barker 2019
Tanka: Impermanence
Tag: tanka
Tanka: Maps
He pores over maps
joys in relief lines and lakes
the old village names
So much history compressed
Hidden gems to discover
copyright Francis Barker 2019
Tanka: Candle
Candles flickering
betray the lonely spirit,
the room’s sudden chill.
How long the living will wait
to have their questions answered
copyright Francis Barker 2019
Tanka: Where is solace?
This crazy island
in this ridiculous world
Where is solace?
Somewhere the news cannot reach
and opinions have no sway
copyright Francis Barker 2019
Tanka: The New Noah
I’m building the ark
a bastion in my mind
that no one could breach,
my pure thought – the sent out dove –
in search of restoration
copyright Francis Barker 2019
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