wet heat
backswimmers skim
a silky smooth
surface,
the pond never
feeling delicate
legs
weightless
on wet
heat.
Poem ©2011 R. Burnett Baker
Photo from Google Images.
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- R. Burnett Baker
- Rick Burnett Baker currently is self-employed as a narrative photographer, and is a member of the National Press Photographer's Association (NPPA), and the Photographic Society of America (PSA). A native Texan, Baker is a graduate of State University of New York (Albany) with a BA in Asian Studies, (minor in classical Chinese literature), a Graduate Certificate in US Urban Policy, and a Masters (MRP) in Regional and Urban Planning, Third World. He has worked with a mining company in Honduras, with a civil engineering firm in Saudi Arabia, and traveled andworked throughout Southeast Asia, China, and Northern Africa with Halliburton for nearly a decade, based out of Singapore. During his years living in Singapore he was also known for his radio and television voice-over work. Baker returned to the US in 1985 to complete academic interests and continues to live in New York.
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It does look like they are standing on blue silk. Nice.
ReplyDeleteDelicious read aloud.
ReplyDeleteit seems like even the insects just wanna enjoy being on water. if miss lizzy say they are on blue silk, i thought of jello.
ReplyDeletegood that it is raining here in burlington today. save me from watering the plants and the dying grass..
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weightless on wet heat. swimmy good words rick. i like this writing a lot. steven
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