Barriers

There are many times I set up barriers and walls, invisible unless you come too close, And then you hit them.

You wonder what happened.

You didn't know, I can't let you in.

I've lost the key to open the doors in the walls, and I don't know how To take them down.

Fran Watson Copyright © 2003

For more poetry and stories you can go to Fran's webpage http://www.franwatson.ca

In The News:

Simmons festival taps poetry as bridge to Chinese culture
Boston Globe, United States - 18 minutes ago
"Poetry is a more complex interaction between the cultures," he said, noting that the form is often embedded with cultural cues that are completely ...

Poetry book of the week: The Lost Leader by Mick Imlah
Independent, UK - 6 hours ago
... book's outstanding poems, includes the couplet "you'd fixed it/ For the powers-that-be up there to pay me/ To do a poetry reading with Kathleen Jamie". ...

Russian poetry, put in perspective
The Age, Australia - Sep 5, 2008
Perhaps Anna Akhmatova did come among us last weekend, through the medium of other writers reading her poetry, in both Russian and English. ...

Sibal turns to poetry to take a dig at Left
Expressindia.com, India - Sep 5, 2008
Thiruvananthapuram, September 5: Union Minister Kapil Sibal on Friday turned to poetry to take a dig at Left parties, the UPA government’s erstwhile ...

Experience the Emotions of a Korean Man Through His Poetry -- New ...
MarketWatch - Sep 5, 2008
Currently, the poet resides in Los Angeles, writing and translating poetry and stories. To request a complimentary paperback review copy, ...

AS Maulucci: Visionary poetry looks beyond the everyday to reveal ...
Norwich Bulletin, CT - Sep 5, 2008
Visionary poetry looks far beyond the normal range of a human life. It takes hold of the imagination with a kind of hypnotic language that induces a mental ...

The week in books Danger, poetry! Puffs from the grave; new blood ...
guardian.co.uk, UK - Sep 5, 2008
... We Need to Talk about Kevin and Browning's poetry, due to the regrettable presence of "My Last Duchess", withdrawn from school libraries. ...

Poetry allows me to express myself: Kapil Sibal
Economic Times, India - Sep 5, 2008
But the evening was not all about poetry. Sibal was forced to talk about politics. "We (politicians) too are sensitive. We too have feelings like any other ...

Hindu
Remembering Nissim Ezekiel
Hindu, India - 10 hours ago
But somehow, even after the other faculties degenerated, sensitivity to poetry remained unimpaired. Santan recounts how they visited Nissim at the nursing ...
Lines in memoriam Hindu
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Toilet door poetry project launched
The Advertiser, UK - 21 hours ago
The project, called the Poetry Treatment, was due to be launched yesterday . On display at the launch, were some of the poems and the smart, ...
Of poems and prisons Norfolk Eastern Daily Press
The herbal hazards that could threaten the unborn child Daily Mail
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