City Scenes XXII: Following Directions

"Oh, I can take a hint. I'm quite happy, thank you, to use the other 

side.  I'm in no hurry to be heading in the opposite direction of 

that arrow!" 

-R. Baker 

Photo © 2012 R. Burnett Baker 

Photo taken by R. Baker July 6, 2012 next to Mt. Hope Cemetery, Rochester, NY.

City Scenes XXI: A Kodak Moment

City: 
Within 
it's frame, 
beneath 
its context, 


there 
I am: 


A reflection 
of my 
surroundings. 










Poem © 2012 R. Burnett Baker 
Photo © 2012 R. Burnett Baker
Photo:  Self portrait in the car.  Taken near Lake Avenue and Toronto Street, Rochester, NY.  Kodak World Headquarters in background. 

City Scenes XX: Independence For Granted

"To suggest through art, disenchantment, 

is a luxury of freedom to which all 

eyes are witness."

-R. Burnett Baker 

Text and photo © 2012 R. Burnett Baker

Photo taken by R. Baker on July 4, 2012, Monroe Ave. Rochester, NY.  Board over broken window. 

"Aw Ange....!"

As we skip stones across water, an icon passes.....

City Scenes XIX: Shuttered Windows, Vacant Hearts

leaving 




your travels 
unravel shadows
this night unfolds. 
inklings of 
years past 
sparkle and fade
in gardens wet
with ocean waves
of tears to 
taunt my 
heart ( the 
one I've sheltered 
with distance 
and muted 
response) : so 


go with your 
sojourn heart. 
I'll gather 
and repose
this night sky 


as if rain clouds
had never 
covered my
eyes. 








Poem © 2012 R. Burnett Baker 
Photo © 2012 R. Burnett Baker 
Photo taken June 2012 by R. Baker on Fannin Street, Houston, Texas. 

City Scenes XVIII: Life In Transit

gate 5B 

              someone decided 

      color would 

           temper tedium, 

      the epitome 

                    of arrivals/departures

                       a mural life                  

          would preclude 

     the need for 

          contrail clouds. 

Poem © 2012 R. Burnett Baker 

Photo © 2012 R. Burnett Baker 

Photo taken by R. Baker June 22, 2012 at Chicago's O'Hare Airport. 

Magpie Tales 124: Dreams

summer
nocturne




there may be 
dream scenes 
tonight, I will
remember


or a 
simple 
cricket's song
hidden in the
grass.






Poem © 2012 R. Burnett Baker
Photo of Ophelia by Odilion Redon shared by Tess Kincaid