Rick, per usual, you ride the whirlwind on a scant wisp of words, and only the ripest fruit touches the page. I love the lines: /sit/leather bound/between lost/ world's words/. Puts me in mind of Edgar Rice Burroughs and the paintings of Frank Frazetta, flights of fancy that begin as words, and become paper planes that float forever on the hot breath of our imagination.
Rick Burnett Baker currently is self-employed as a narrative photographer, and is a member of the National Press Photographer's Association (NPPA), and the Photographic Society of America (PSA). A native Texan, Baker is a graduate of State University of New York (Albany) with a BA in Asian Studies, (minor in classical Chinese literature), a Graduate Certificate in US Urban Policy, and a Masters (MRP) in Regional and Urban Planning, Third World. He has worked with a mining company in Honduras, with a civil engineering firm in Saudi Arabia, and traveled andworked throughout Southeast Asia, China, and Northern Africa with Halliburton for nearly a decade, based out of Singapore. During his years living in Singapore he was also known for his radio and television voice-over work. Baker returned to the US in 1985 to complete academic interests and continues to live in New York.
Bravo!
ReplyDeletebrilliant,
ReplyDeleteyou made it with so few words,
enjoyed the message.
and inklings
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reflections of
ignorance.
And how!
Rick, per usual, you ride the
ReplyDeletewhirlwind on a scant wisp
of words, and only the ripest
fruit touches the page.
I love the lines:
/sit/leather bound/between lost/
world's words/.
Puts me in mind of Edgar Rice
Burroughs and the paintings
of Frank Frazetta, flights of fancy
that begin as words, and become
paper planes that float forever
on the hot breath of our imagination.
Perfect name for this poem. I especially like sage of simplicity. Nicely done, Rick.
ReplyDeletei prefer the lost worlds personally...and the conservation of trees is about the only thing to make me switch to an eReader
ReplyDeletedeft wordplay rick!!! steven
ReplyDeleteStrong piece - lends itself to antiquity and present with finely chosen circles.
ReplyDeletePerfectly done.
ReplyDeleteAnna :o]
Nicely done, Rick. "from forest to eReader" what a concept & almost unimaginable.
ReplyDeleteLove this, perfect work.
ReplyDeleteI think we will always be ignorant of somethings; knowledgeable of some. Perhaps; that's just the way it is.
ReplyDeleteCheers Rick =) Say hi to your Presbyterian minister. I would love to meet him. Or you, for that matter.
Kane
MP TILLMANN,ROMNEY, PT BOATS & BILL MILNE!
ReplyDeleteI love it! :-)
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