Haiku JB

writer and performer of Haiku/Senryu poetry...
social comment -
personal statements -
the beauty of earth -
... all in 17 syllables or less...

[Haiku JB @barkerjohn]

#haiku #poetry #micropoetry #poem #senryu #humanity #holistic #zen

the starting pistol
Is still ringing in the ear...
of the human race

[Haiku JB @barkerjohn]

#haiku #poetry #senryu #UkraineWar #zelenskyy #PutinWarCriminal #counteroffensive #war #heroes #nuclearthreat #F16ForUkraine

from the blackened chase,
a nightingale turns a wing...
pecked eyes of the bear

[Haiku JB @barkerjohn]

@mrjamesob @LBC
Recently my wife spent a few days in hospital, from A&E through several wards. The Nursing staff (including strike days) were amazing, caring and professional throughout. The first thing we did when we got home was to donate to the RCN strike fund.

[Haiku JB @barkerjohn]

#haiku #senryu #micropoetry
#poem #ToryCriminals #scum #Conservatives #CostOfLivingCrisis
#RishiSunak #NFTs #TwitterMigration #Ukraine #Boris #Labour #Momentum

look after your pennies,

and your pounds will look after...

a failed tory scheme

[Haiku JB @barkerjohn]

#haiku #senryu #liverpool #Jung #Jungian #Freud #poem #alchemy #echo #Liverpoolecho #poetry #matthewstreet #Beatles #innerpeace #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope

Jung did envisage,

questing for his inner god...

Glory! ‘the pool of life’

[Haiku JB @barkerjohn]

define humanity,
impossible says the child...
holding mothers hand

#haikuchallenge #senryu #poetrycommunity #PoetryDay2022 #HumanityFirst #RefugeesWelcome #Ukraine #zen #StopPutin #child #CostOfLivingCrisis #HumanRightsDay #Humanity

[Haiku JB @barkerjohn]

to colour your life,
take grip your vivid crayon...
and stray from the lines

#haiku #life #poem #poetry #zen #enlightenment #live #maslow #quote #Shakespeare #prose #future #joy #people #humanity #love

[Haiku JB @barkerjohn]

to be resolute,
in life’s purpose...
fills your heart, if not your purse

#haiku #senryu #poem #poetry #zen #thoughts #3lines #future
#Life #beauty #RefugeesWelcome #ToryShambles #BreakingNews #scousenotenglish #jung #empathy

[Haiku JB @barkerjohn]

crossroads halted,
neither nether nor loft...
fresh gods are forged

#haiku #senryu #poetry #choices #WorldWar3 #UkraineRussianWar
#DoctorWho #horror #public #quote #Russia #Ukraine️ #zen #WorkLifeBalance #family

[Haiku JB @barkerjohn]

define humanity,
impossible says the child...
holding mothers hand

#haikuchallenge #senryu #poetrycommunity #PoetryDay2022 #HumanityFirst #RefugeesWelcome #Ukraine #zen #StopPutin #child #CostOfLivingCrisis #RwandaMigrationPlan #borisspeech

[Haiku JB @barkerjohn]

looking for tractors,
to help in the construction...
of huge elections

#haiku #senryu #poem #ToryShambles #ToryCriminalsUnfitToGovern #ToryLiars #ToryScumOut #MPs #generalelectionnow #porngate

@LBC @PrivateEyeNews @mrjamesob @OwenJones84

[Haiku JB @barkerjohn]

the life you see,
is your own personal movie...
be the star, not the extra

#haiku #senryu #zen #freud #jung #mallow #thoughtoftheday #wabisabi #Excellence #Venus #project #enlightenment #movie #selfcare #mentalhealth #psychology

[Haiku JB @barkerjohn]

skypathy.
the total lack of concern...
for neighbours airspace

#haiku #senryu #poetrycommunity #Nato #natomustbeinukraine #Airdrop #Zelensky #Biden #Europe #BorisJohnsonOut #Putin #NuclearPowerPlant #Chornobyl #WorldWarIII #Kyiv #Lviv

[Haiku JB @barkerjohn]

in the shadow of Oppenheimer,
small men...
make big decisions

#haikuchallenge #poetrycommunity #senryu #RussianUkrainianWar #3rdworldwar #nuclearwar #PutinWarCriminal #refugee #Biden #Oppenheimer #EndOfTheWorld
#Marioupol #Odessa #BorisJohnson #Manhattan

[Haiku JB @barkerjohn]

define humanity,
impossible says the child...
holding mothers hand

#haikuchallenge #senryu #poetrycommunity #PoetryDay2022 #HumanityFirst #RefugeesWelcome #Ukraine #zen #StopPutin #child #CostOfLivingCrisis #HumanRightsDay #StopRussia
#Mariupol #bbcnews

[Haiku JB @barkerjohn]

long distance relationships,
never work...
like with Boris and the truth

#JohnsonLiedPeopleDied #Haikyuu #Johnson #Partygate #ToryScum #LiarJohnson #Carrie #SunakOut #COVID #resign

[Haiku JB @barkerjohn]

mendacious Johnson,
excels at apathy....
gathers nesting feathers

#haiku #poetry #BorisJohnsonResign #BorisTheLiar
#Establishment #quote #SunakMustResign #CarrieAntoinette #ToryScumOut #lockdown #Partygatefines

[Haiku JB @barkerjohn]

A distant planet
Looks across the stars at Earth...
"Shall we go?"... "Not yet..."

#haiku #senryu #space #poetry #haikuchallenge #world #RussiaUkraineWar #ww3 #Armageddon #destruction #humanity #chaos #AlienInvasion #Peace

[Haiku JB @barkerjohn]

excuse me,
but I have a prior engagement...
there is rain to dance in

#haikuchallenge #haiku #senryu #poem #poetrycommunity #poetry #conform #zen #anarchy #priorities #future #ToryIncompetence #Judge

[Haiku JB @barkerjohn]

know yourself,
don’t strive for mediocre...
always do better

#haikuforthesoul #senryu #poetry #poetrylovers #zen #jung #freud #ambition #quote #thursdayvibes #self_development #Terrible

[Haiku JB @barkerjohn]

bullies stole our lands,
adorned themselves with our riches...
then blamed us for poverty

#haikuchallenge #senryu #poetrycommunity #poetrytwitter #ToryIncompetence #PrinceAndrew #BorisJohnson #RishiSunak #poverty #heating #eating #ToryCriminalsUnfitToGovern