Sunday, June 30, 2013

Magpie Tales 175: Moving On


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Poem © 2013 Rick Burnett Baker 
Image by Musin Yohan shared by Tess Kincaid

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

About A Little Thing Called 'Freedom'



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Photo/Text © 2013 Rick Burnett Baker

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

You Don't Say.....



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Photo/Poem © 2013 Rick Burnett Baker
Photo taken by R. Baker at Eastman Theater, Rochester, NY June 21, 2013.

Sunday, June 23, 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.

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

The Darkness Within



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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Decisions, Decisions.....



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Friday, June 14, 2013

Shedding Light On the Matter?




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Photo/Poem © 2013 Rick Burnett Baker 
Photo taken by R. Baker, June 12, 2013 in Shepherd, Texas.

Thursday, June 13, 2013

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

Monday, June 10, 2013

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 

Sunday, June 9, 2013

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

Thursday, June 6, 2013

Duplicity/Perspectives



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Wednesday, June 5, 2013

City Scenes L: Keep Calm? Reminders On The Street


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Sunday, June 2, 2013

Voices At Full Moon?



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