Posthumous Poetry
This remarkable poem was written by my late brother, Robert Barker, sometime around 1969. At this point, he was using a variety of source material including newspapers and dream imagery, combining them in what might be described as word-collages.
A Headline
a headline in the news today
revealed
a saintly indian would be
honored
upon Mount Keswyck in new york.
with my eight dollar salary
I bought
two tickets for the tour which
promised
a place to eat and sleep.
the tourists would be
taken
on the Keswyck peak to view
aurora
borealis illuminate the night.
I planned to bring my father
on this trip
but was discontent to learn our
guide would
be Eastern born, but
american.
so I purchased from a cousin
in our
living room store another gift,
slippers
to cover my father's naked feet.
A Headline
a headline in the news today
revealed
a saintly indian would be
honored
upon Mount Keswyck in new york.
with my eight dollar salary
I bought
two tickets for the tour which
promised
a place to eat and sleep.
the tourists would be
taken
on the Keswyck peak to view
aurora
borealis illuminate the night.
I planned to bring my father
on this trip
but was discontent to learn our
guide would
be Eastern born, but
american.
so I purchased from a cousin
in our
living room store another gift,
slippers
to cover my father's naked feet.
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