Poems for Free

I know of a poet named Jimmy Santiago Baca. Are y...

2012-04-16T19:33:00.762-04:00

I know of a poet named Jimmy Santiago Baca. Are you, by any chance, he? Obviously, you're a poet named James Baca, in any case!

I wrote a simulated poem once. Kinda like this. I ...

2012-04-07T16:28:12.665-04:00

I wrote a simulated poem once. Kinda like this.
I have traveled the Earth far and wide. To places where salty sea dogs hide. I had sailed the seven seas coming and going like the evening tide. where I could not hear the singing of birds about the trees or hear the wolvws howling in the eves. I was searching for something I could not touch , like a shadow in the dark.
The eyes of my children I have not seen, recalling only distant memories of bithdays where I should have been.
anyway kida like that
James Baca

It's SUPPOSED to be in the blogroll. Another ...

2011-04-23T09:56:19.624-04:00

It's SUPPOSED to be in the blogroll. Another reason that I prefer Wordpress.

yes, you should post here again. It's easier ...

2011-04-23T09:44:33.975-04:00

yes, you should post here again. It's easier to remember as an address to send people to. :)

At the least, link to your second blog in your blog list.

beautiful

2011-03-07T07:08:59.294-05:00

beautiful

Thanks, Barbara. Have you seen my "Everglade...

2010-07-17T11:01:45.093-04:00

Thanks, Barbara. Have you seen my "Everglades" poems? They're in this blog somewhere, along with some of John's photos. If I stay on Wordpress, I'll post them there, too. Oh, and speaking of Everglades, the book "Voice of the River," Marjorie Stoneman Douglas's autobiography, is a wonderful read. She ought to be celebrated right up there with John Muir.

Here's one opinion: I like Wordpress much bett...

2010-07-17T08:14:46.762-04:00

Here's one opinion: I like Wordpress much better. It strikes me as somehow 'cleaner', allowing readers to focus more immediately (and for me, more serenely) on your poems themselves. And speaking of those, 'Bugs and Weeds' is fabulous. Of your recent entries it struck me the most! And only in part because I am battling book-clutter this summer!

Well I thought it must be a dream - where do I fin...

2010-05-19T07:23:02.185-04:00

Well I thought it must be a dream - where do I find all the poems with a dream label?

I really like the mood in this, though I thought at first it was going to be sad. Sounds like a little girl in "Place of the Lion"

Word Press keeps making me write nonsense words th...

2010-04-23T14:48:27.326-04:00

Word Press keeps making me write nonsense words that I'm convinced must have meaning - or that should have. sesiptic, and sessu

Are you sure ol' Walt Kelly didn't ...

2010-04-23T14:46:55.259-04:00

Are you sure ol' Walt Kelly didn't write this? Could have fooled me. :D

Great images. Lucky you.

2010-04-23T14:44:38.999-04:00

Great images. Lucky you.

Wonderful story. Remember Edna St. Vincent Millay ...

2010-04-20T22:41:04.539-04:00

Wonderful story.
Remember Edna St. Vincent Millay "the woodcock's watery call" ?
Never having heard a woodcock I don't know if that description is as evocative as "peent" which is a lovely piping word.

I LOVE this poem. "the plaster people in thei...

2010-03-08T08:58:05.573-05:00

I LOVE this poem.
"the plaster people in their poofy hordes..." LOL

Sounds familiar!

2010-02-25T15:57:19.110-05:00

Sounds familiar!

I wrote this poem a long time ago, when she was a ...

2010-01-16T07:08:17.928-05:00

I wrote this poem a long time ago, when she was a young dog. We had so many good walks together.

I'm so sorry about Stiffy. I love the photo an...

2010-01-15T21:09:07.539-05:00

I'm so sorry about Stiffy.
I love the photo and your poem is such a lovely and perfect tribute to him. It made me smile too.

This is so lovely - thank you. I have often lament...

2010-01-08T19:49:24.357-05:00

This is so lovely - thank you. I have often lamented that the Magnificat was written by men - it takes a woman to really touch the heart of the mattter.

Brava

2009-11-15T15:49:18.800-05:00

Brava

Well here's the thing: I liked the second one...

2009-11-08T07:18:32.685-05:00

Well here's the thing: I liked the second one a lot, but only because it's connected to the first one. It's like the second one has had the same thing happen to it as happens to things that get left in the attic for a long time.

Love thinking about the nostalgia of "your father-in-law's last bathrobe," but "Father-in-law at the end or your wardrobe" is so good in a different way.

Great photo. For followers who don't know us,...

2009-10-05T20:13:52.826-04:00

Great photo. For followers who don't know us, I got the inspiration for this poem while helping Kathy at craft fairs where she sold these wonderful eggs.

one of my favorites, as you know, which is why I p...

2009-10-05T17:04:47.926-04:00

one of my favorites, as you know, which is why I posted it over on my blog. www.verfoodie.blogspot.com

Poems for free. What a concept!

Posting a little picture of one of those eggs in a...

2009-10-05T17:02:53.761-04:00

Posting a little picture of one of those eggs in ancient patterns :-)

I really admire your ability to get into a story l...

2009-10-05T17:01:10.754-04:00

I really admire your ability to get into a story like this. This is clearly exactly how it happened, but it's not how I've pictured it all these years.

I find this text so strange--the racist assumption...

2009-09-18T07:18:08.837-04:00

I find this text so strange--the racist assumptions of British Empire combined with emerging ideas about the role of women . . . how things change (and don't)!

I just noticed you had started a blog. After readi...

2009-09-12T13:32:05.366-04:00

I just noticed you had started a blog. After reading all your posts, I have to tell you that I am in love with your poems. This one, however, is my favorite. It is extremely moving. Thank you so much for sharing them with us. You are amazing.