Sunday, September 27, 2015

Stunning Sunset #2



For the forth day in a row, 
clouds are painted with 
brushstrokes of sunlight.

Stunning! 


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Stunning Sunsets



During the past several days, the sunsets here in Western New York have been stunningly colorful.  I did read that there was a volcano that erupted in Mexico on September 23rd, so perhaps some of that volcanic ash has contributed to the deep colors we're seeing this weekend.  

Here are a few of the various shots I've taken in the past three days around Rochester, NY. 


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Saturday, September 19, 2015

Enabled






















enabler(s)

these are faces weathered
flawed anguished serene;

bright ideas between lines
of thought planted on eons;

we the spectators to life,
OBE-like as if in denial

of self, destroy as we create
barriers to our own salvation.

you are rainwater seeping
into your mind's evolution;

others are seasons unrelenting
in progressions of endeavor;

she is your mother weeping
at the gate of your release;

he is the father raging at
all he neglected to teach;

I am the impassioned one
selling my soul for reason.




Photo/Poem © 2015 Rick Burnett Baker 
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Friday, September 18, 2015

(un)broken





(un)broken


into the sky, into fire 
yet never will I travel
willingly to extinction: 

light surrounds all we 
see.  even darkness 
is but a silent shadow.






Photo/Poem © 2015 Rick Burnett Baker 
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Monday, September 7, 2015

Incarnations: One View






(re)incarnations 


it's movement in the corner of my eye:
wind catching a tree in early morning 
darkness;  watching leaves rustle in 
a pre-storm gale outside the window 
in silence.  reflection is a reminder

that our origins, real and perceived, 
memorize all paths we consider with
trepidation.  past, present, and future
are siblings of incarnations we 
create with breadth, if not reason.





Photo/Poem © 2015 Rick Burnett Baker 
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Sunday, September 6, 2015

Ruminate. Again.


























ruminate



summer isn't 
finished.

abandoned, sultry 
sunlight

is a dream not 
discussed

except in coded
stanzas 

of disconnect. I 
feel 

ripples of water 
tease

desire. your 
fleeting  

of years and 
hearts 

inconvenience these
histories 

of high and low
tide.

   


Poem © Rick Burnett Baker 
Photo © Rick Burnett Baker 
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