Magpie Tales 175: Moving On

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Poem © 2013 Rick Burnett Baker 

Image by Musin Yohan shared by Tess Kincaid

About A Little Thing Called 'Freedom'

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You Don't Say.....

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Photo taken by R. Baker at Eastman Theater, Rochester, NY June 21, 2013.

Magpie Tales 174: Before Hands Free...

driver's ed


"perfunctory" describes our era - 
right hand, left hand, yes sir, no ma'am 

warnings emblazoned in red and white octagonal,
intersection risk assessment a learned behavior 

"stimulating" describes this melding 
of pungent habit and perfume.  




Poem © 2013 Rick Burnett Baker
Photo:  Stanley Kubrick for Look Magazine, 1949  shared by Tess Kincaid.

The Darkness Within

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Decisions, Decisions.....

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Shedding Light On the Matter?

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Photo taken by R. Baker, June 12, 2013 in Shepherd, Texas.

Relics

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relic 



collected covered buried 
in boxes footprints on a beach

twig-sctratched arms
reaching for the shiny rock
where a mountain grows

we've heard the waves
and hollow rush of time
placing it absent-minded
in a pot for posterity

memories shelter quietly
buried and secret in
the art and decoration
of all our past lives:

tiny flowers bloom
with deference
never forgetting.


Poem © 2013 Rick Burnett Baker 
Photo © 2013 Rick Burnett Baker

These Incarnations

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(re)incarnation 

my previous bones are in this grave 

windowed pasts, ancestors foretold,

a mason's chisel the memory prod, 

stone-washed, centuries old; 

my previous bones are in this space 

between ancient and new, soil and tree,

before the birth of imagination, 

duly buried, forever free; 

my previous bones are visitors' dreams 

of disconnect and puzzled speech, 

a tethered witness grasps my arm 

to guide me from this desert beach; 

my previous bones are in this grave 

of knowledge, wisdom, pleasure, rage. 

Poem © 2013 Rick Burnett Baker 

Photo © 2013 Rick Burnett Baker 

Magpie Tales 172: Between Friends

chastity belt friendship

between us reason 

is proprietary unhinged 

unthinkable

skeleton key cryptic 

is the story you spin: 

I smile at the 

pretty facade.

Poem © 2013 Rick Burnett Baker 

Photo:   "Charleston Farmhouse Door"  shared by Tess Kincaid

Duplicity/Perspectives

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City Scenes L: Keep Calm? Reminders On The Street

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Voices At Full Moon?

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