Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Beginnings and Endings and Beginnings



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Sunday, May 26, 2013

Magpie Tales 170: On Eons and Ego








                                                     






                                              
                                                               ego 
                             (skipping stones)


                    a delicate 
                           stone's thrown,
                      water torn, 

                        my attention 
                bruised 
                    but more: 
                        my core and 
                        afterthought 
                  of these: 

                              the ocean, lake, 
                            river, pond are 

                            water-rounded 
                          moments told 
                   complete 

                 of eons' 
                  raptured 
                           smooth deceit. 


Poem © 2013 Rick Burnett Baker 
Photo:  Ponytail by Last Exit  shared by Tess Kincaid.

Saturday, May 25, 2013

Smalltalk and Weather



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Sunday, May 19, 2013

Magpie Tales 169: Answers Blowin' in the Wind?









seed 


resilience 
is played 
on the wind 
(odds for belief
unnecessary) 

our artificial 
view gives no 
consideration 
to exquisite 
creations of 

immortality. 





Poem © 2013 R. Burnett Baker
Photo: Lighthouse Dandelions by Jamie Wyeth  shared by Tess Kincaid.

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Reaching The Top



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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Dystopia 6: Politics in 3D TV



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Life Universal




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Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Getting To Know You?




















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Sunday, May 12, 2013

Magpie Tales 168: Looking Back, Looking







                                         redress 


          long ago, even, it wasn't our style 
to dress the part, but we did. 

           ageist, sexist, applied hotness with swagger 
(so bloody pointless) 

          ultimately, naked happened; it happened 
and ended in dismissive pall, 

          and waiting for a cab was about as couture 
as it got, arms outstretched to hail our  

suave superiority. 



Poem © 2013 Rick Burnett Baker 
Photo by   Togan Gokbakar   shared by Tess Kincaid.

Saturday, May 11, 2013

Chilly Spring Day



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Friday, May 10, 2013

In A Quiet Moment, Flashback...




intangible
(For Pak Keen 14 years beyond....)



scripted could not
have prepared reason,

for in your dying
there was none,

at least for subtle
minds collecting
thoughts -

collections we cannot
see, nor touch,

nor barter for
tangible worth:

that, I assume,
comes eventually
through my own.


Poem © 2013 Rick Burnett Baker 

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Little Bit of Heaven?



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Sunday, May 5, 2013

Vision



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Saturday, May 4, 2013

Healing Blue


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Friday, May 3, 2013

Song Of A Flower



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Thursday, May 2, 2013

Poem For Then, Now. Hopefully Tomorrow.



then



years are full.
we, too, become so.

beneath nature's 
facade
and those structured,

we gather one another
as bundles hidden
in attics; 

under socks
in drawers; 

at bottoms of closets;

in open fields of 
now; 

reminiscing.



Poem © 2013 Rick Burnett Baker

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

City Scenes XLIX: Politics On The Fence


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