move

listen with your eyes

understand with your ears 

learn through speech

guide with silence

teach with thought

move with the dawn. 

Poem © 1988 by R. Burnett Baker 

Photo © 2009 by R. Burnett Baker

Photo taken by R. Baker August  24, 2009, Ithaca, NY

broken horn

the halo 

you placed 

upon my head 

broke my horns: 

well, 

only 

one. 

Poem © 2009 by R. Burnett Baker 

Photo was taken of a section of a poster titled "The Endless Summer" by 

artist  John Van Hamersveld, created for the title movie.  

Poster © by Pyramid Posters, Leicester, UK.

 

shadows

shadows

dancing beneath

lifeforms of all variations are 

three dimensions flattened into one where 

lifeforms of all variations are 

dancing beneath 

shadows. 

Poem © 1987 by R. Burnett Baker 

Photo © 2009 by R. Burnett Baker 

century of nights

night fog 

softened street lamps,

dampened brick roads.

through pub windows

I lived 

a century 

of nights

in a 

cloud. 

Poem © 2009 by R. Burnett Baker 

Photo © 2009 by R. Burnett Baker 

Photo taken by R. Baker August 28, 2009 on State Street, Ithaca, NY.

part the waters

never mind

the years:

my mind sharp,

memory vivid, 

I can still 

jump waves and

part the waters,

my imagination

skiing on

an ocean. 

Poem © 2009 by R. Burnett Baker 

Photo © 1982 by R. Burnett Baker 

Photo of R. Baker skiing off Seletar Island, Singapore 

taken by Anthony Lee Kim Huat, 1982. 

still I do

as a young man

I had dreams. 

still I do,

if only sleep 

would last 

a few minutes 

longer. 

Poem © 2009 by R. Burnett Baker 

Photo © 2009 by R. Burnett Baker

Photo taken by R. Baker August 24, 2009 in Ithaca, NY. 

terrible 

what terrible retribution 

we lay upon ourselves 

for the unhappiness we allow 

to define our lives. 

Poem © 2007 by R. Burnett Baker 

10 past 3 

I desire sleep without waking 

in the night to pee 

or look at the clock and see 

that it's 10 past 3.       again. 

the same as many other nights. 

10 past 3's an annoying comfort, though.

lightless joy knowing 

nothing will stalk me 

while night/morning 

suffers my 

fears. 

Poem © 2007 by R. Burnett  Baker. 

Photo © 2009 by R. Burnett Baker.