Sunday, March 31, 2013

"Efficient Agony": This Blog's Title Poem In Color



I ventured out today to take photos and 
came up with this one that I decided to
use with the title poem of this blog.  I 
just thought it was kind of fun! Enjoy! 


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Photo/Poem © 2007, 2013 R. Burnett Baker 

Magpie Tales 162: Symbol














resurrection(s)


every symbol 
symbolic, from 

          storm to meal, 
          each garden stake 

a prop for 
          daily bread (grind) 
preparation notwithstanding; 

I - no - all denizens of
          these trappings 
          leave creation 
to the ages, 

in mounds 
of discard. 



Poem © 2013 R. Burnett Baker 
Photo:  Between Heaven and Hell, 1989 by Jacek Yerka  shared by Tess Kincaid






Saturday, March 30, 2013

Spring In Western NY





changes



there came 
          an hour or so
          ago a temporal 
hint, 

and I fell 
          headlong 
          for the bait: 

winter in spring 
          is infuriating 
          clinging of 

          frozen claws
on a satin
          breeze. 




© 2013 R. Burnett Baker 

Friday, March 29, 2013

A Poem: "us (flashback)"




us:  (flashback)



ambivalence is 

          operative with you and 

your lenticular memory
          regarding that history.

"often or not"  
          
           is how my approach 

to that world plays: 
           funny how that 

           works. 




© 2013 R. Burnett Baker

Saturday, March 23, 2013

Poem: "fly"



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Photo/Poem © 2013 R. Burnett Baker 
Photo of Egret taken by R. Baker at the Baker Farm, Shepherd, Texas March 21, 
2013.


Friday, March 22, 2013

Breaking Free: Dilemma



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Photo/Text © 2013 R. Burnett Baker

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

From Poets United, Verse First: 'Reaction'



vernal equinox


there is
birth today,

when flesh
meets sky,

where all is
promised,

and all else
forgiven.



















Poem © 2013 R. Burnett Baker 
Photo © 2013 R. Burnett Baker 
Photo by R. Baker taken in Shepherd, Texas, March 19, 2013 at the Baker Farm. 

Written for Poets United Wednesday prompt. 

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Poetry On The Fence



Why knot?  Knot holes in the fences at my Mother's place in Shepherd, Texas: 

















© 2013 R. Burnett Baker

Sunday, March 17, 2013

Magpie Tales 160: Minding One's Self...












crowd


anticipation 
is in relief, 

having survived
another cycle of
humanity, 

standing alone 
in a crowd 
unaware of 
calamity ready
to befall at the 
slightest 
provocation.

there is wisdom
in habit,  a 
rendering of 
knowledge -  

averting eyes 
the simplest 
abdication of
deed.  


Poem © 2013 R. Burnett Baker
Image: Faun, Horse, and Bird, 1936 Pablo Picasso   Shared by Tess Kincaid

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Just Another Day? A Commentary















women's day:  a notion (?)



and so we talk of women 
one day of the year, celebrate,
and glorify in posters and 
rhetoric of dignity,  as we 
do with ethnicities, or cultures, or 
disenfranchised others; 

and so we 'elevate'  for brief 
days, achievements, or power,
or historicities, or any realm of 
loftiness to portray and portend 
a stature of importance; 

and then it's past.   and religions,
governments, social hierarchies, 
and ingrained cultural mores
resume the journey of status quo; 

and in our PC world, we allow 
that - talking points as veiled 
courage withheld,  the fear of 
offending the true motivating 
force for stasis. 


Written for Poets United prompt. 
© 2013 R. Burnett Baker 





Monday, March 11, 2013

A Night Of Busy Dreams



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Poem ©2012 R. Burnett Baker 
Photo/Poem © 2013 R. Burnett Baker 

Sunday, March 10, 2013

Steps To Success: Forward and Back



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Photo/Text © 2013 R. Burnett Baker 
Photo by R. Baker taken at Pike Place Market, Seattle, Washington January, 2013.

Magpie Tales 159: Line In The Sand (?)



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Photo shared by Tess Kincaid 
Photo:  Meal Beach, Burra Isles, Shetland by Robin Gosnall 
Text © 2013 R. Burnett Baker

Same Photo, New Poem....



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Poem © 2013 R. Burnett Baker 
Photo/Poem © 2013 R. Burnett Baker

Saturday, March 9, 2013

Cautious or Fearful?


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Photo © 2012 R. Burnett Baker 
Photo/Text © 2013 R. Burnett Baker 
Photo by R. Baker taken on South Ave, Rochester, NY.

Thursday, March 7, 2013

Let It Beg[End] Again


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Photo/Text © 2013 R. Burnett Baker


Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Age, Just A Number (?)


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Poem ©2011 R. Burnett Baker 
Photo/Poem ©2013 R. Burnett Baker 
Sketch, watercolor on paper 10" x 12" by Ina Jean Garner, 1990. 


Monday, March 4, 2013

Just Around The Corner



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Poem © 2005 R. Burnett Baker
Photo/Poem © 2013 R. Burnett Baker

Sunday, March 3, 2013

Not A Halloween Post...Caution: Adult Language




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Photo/Poem © 2013 R. Burnett Baker 
Photo by R. Baker taken at Post Alley, Pike Place Market in Seattle, Washington, January, 2013.

Saturday, March 2, 2013

Fleeting Desires Revisited



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Poem © 1977, 2010 R. Burnett Baker
Photo/Poem ©2013 R. Burnett Baker 
Woodblock by Ina Jean Garner, circa 2002. From my personal collection. 

Black Rose, The Aftermath



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Photo/Poem © 2012, 2013 R. Burnett Baker 
Photo by R. Baker taken on Park Avenue, Rochester, NY, August 2012.

Friday, March 1, 2013

Hearts Unfurl.....

                               

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Photo/Text © 2013 R. Burnett Baker