Tuesday, October 30, 2012

City Scenes XXXIV: Towing The Line



Click to embiggen:
Photo ©2012 R. Burnett Baker


Fair warning 
couldn't be 
clearer! 



Photo taken by R. Baker, 10-30-12 at 222 Andrews Street, Rochester, NY. 


Monday, October 29, 2012

Magpie Tales 141: Storm Story

















(love) story 



once there was a

man I knew who 

stood in a blinding

rain storm, walking

the shores of flowing

streets, and seaside 

surf.  without caring he 

stopped to gather 

every tide from the 

sky, and begged to 

be struck by lightening. 




Poem © 2012 R. Burnett Baker 
Photo shared by Tess Kincaid.


Sunday, October 28, 2012

Never-ending









© 2012 R. Burnett Baker

Thursday, October 25, 2012

City Scenes XXXIII: Signs Everywhere






empty nest 


there 
you are 
side-sleeping 
eyes closed,

quilted flesh
waiting: 
waiting 

for me 
to sleep. 




Poem ©2012 R. Burnett Baker 
Photo ©2012 R. Burnett Baker

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Summer/Autumn Lament




Click to embiggen:





Poem ©2008, 2012 R. Burnett Baker 
Photo/image © 2012 R. Burnett Baker 

A Rick Doodle









©2012 R. Burnett Baker

Sunday, October 21, 2012

Magpie Tales 140: 1776



new world order 



the shallows of vastness are few: 

in oceans deep, rivers raging, 

under forests serene.  

our search for footing is survival 

sounding an alarm, providence 

of a watchful eye,  the headlong 

drive to trumpet glory 

on a glassy water surface, 

beside a silent brook, or within

the saddest shower of autumn's 

falling leaves. 



Shared by Tess Kincaid



Poem © 2012 R. Burnett Baker 




Thursday, October 18, 2012

Blues For You Too



Photo ©2012 R. Burnett Baker



this poetry of blues


these blues faded into night long ago 

along your journey to the world;  these 

eyes open red singing each refrain, 

every moribund note, from horn to voice. 

"no!" Big Mama, "no!"  Billie,  "no!" Francine:

"no no no!"  there still are ears 

aching to hear Sweet Emma sing 

"I'm Alone Because I Love You.”  



Poem © 2012 R. Burnett Baker

What Surrounds Us



Click to embiggen:


© 2012 R. Burnett Baker 

Sunday, October 14, 2012

Magpie Tales 139: Home Is Where The.....




this coming/going home 



we waited for these moments, 

we whispered to the hours, 

under leaves as blankets, 

warmth drawing us inward, 

nearer to our sheltered hearts: 

we willow in reverence, 

recompense for days lost to effort, 

this season of our shadowed silence. 


Midnight Snack, 1984, by Curtis Wilson Cost




Painting shared by Tess Kincaid 
Poem © 2012 R. Burnett Baker 

Saturday, October 13, 2012

Substance

After watching the "debate" (Why do they call it that?) 
I found this photo and made my own political meme for fun: 


Substance: 


Joe Biden presented himself like a smirking, 
schoolyard bully.  Or jackass.  Take your pick. 

Paul Ryan presented himself like a, um, like a, 
oh, well, just a little creepy.  He reminds me of
the nurds in high school who really got off on 
fooling around with slide rules. 

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Time Will Tell...






"We say that time is the great equalizer and healer. 
It is, rather, a great deceiver, 

for we never forget the taste and fragrance
of beauty and bittersweet." 



-Rick Burnett Baker 





© 2012 R. Burnett Baker 




Thursday, October 4, 2012

The Art Of The Journey



you, my destiny



we all have an angle, not always delineated or linear, 

and not unlike the dysequilibrium, at times, 

of my circular reasoning (don't ask) :

surely you are waiting beyond the skylight 

of this cavernous path of finite time travel. 








Poem © 2012 R. Burnett Baker 
Photo ©2012 R. Burnett Baker 
Photo of the Guggenheim taken by R. Baker, 2012.

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

"move" : Old Poem, Old Photo, Combined.....




Click to embiggen: 




Poem "move" © 1988, 2009 R. Burnett Baker 
Photo © 2009 R. Burnett Baker 
Text photo/poem © 2012 R. Burnett Baker 

Monday, October 1, 2012

Redux and New




Click to embiggen:




© 2008, 2012 R. Burnett Baker