Randy Baker

Joined January 2024

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Poet, author, essayist.

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The Harlem Dancer
[Author's Note: "Harlem Dancer", the subject poem, may be found HERE.] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
By Randy Baker4 months ago in BookClub
Oh, Pomegranate!
Will your flesh make me righteous if I give in to your temptations? Will I be damned, as Eve, succumbing to the forbidden?
By Randy Baker4 months ago in Poets
This Great Mystery
My dad is largely a mystery to me. He died in August of 1991; my dad. There is never a convenient time to die, but that was a particularly inopportune moment.
By Randy Baker4 months ago in Poets
Jukebox Eulogy
The door was rigged with a wind chime, giving forth a jingle and a tinkle with each coming or going. * The diner was a relic.
By Randy Baker4 months ago in Poets
Third Date
From across the table, I tried to keep eye contact as Dale shared a funny story from his childhood. I only caught about every third word because I had other things on my mind.
By Randy Baker4 months ago in Fiction
The Tyranny of Progress in “Everyday Use” and “Dead Men’s Path”
[Author's Note: These two classic short stories are the subject of the article. If you are not familiar with these works, you owe it to yourself to read them.]
By Randy Baker4 months ago in BookClub
To Asenath
Asenath, daughter of Potipherah, Wife of Joseph, viceroy of all Egypt. You were given in marriage By no less than a directive of Pharoah,
By Randy Baker4 months ago in Poets
Night Falls on St. Andrew
Darkness settles in, wrapping tightly all around me like the frayed sheet on the bed. Lights out, eyes closed, the night steals into my senses,
By Randy Baker4 months ago in Poets
Friendship
Friendship comes in shades of blue from azure to teal like the deep sky or ultramarine like the sea at dusk when there is only
By Randy Baker5 months ago in Poets
Ghost Writer
[Written for the Secret Writer Challenge, hosted by Real Poetic.] ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~
By Randy Baker5 months ago in Fiction
Creation Song
Grant me no glory but to marvel at the majesty of sunrise. Give me no fortune but the gift of another day. The wonders of the deep
By Randy Baker5 months ago in Poets
Disbelief
You want to know when I’ll make something of myself. * You want to know when I’ll put my dreams away. * You never ask out loud,
By Randy Baker5 months ago in Poets

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