A Few Choice Words

By Britt Baker

"A Few Choice Words" is a unique and intuitively written selection of modern poetry. Baker has crafted an avant garde collection that caters to the dynamic of the human spirit. Each poem commits to capturing fragments of human emotion that are often left indescribable.

Journey through the verses that follow and find yourself face-to-face with love, fear, faith, equality, (in) justice, transformation, and many other facets of Self. With each poetically laced line, the author hones in and speaks directly to the heart of the reader; homage is paid to women--- the rhythm makers; forgiveness is found in front of the microwave; reality is accepted after being detangled from a dream catcher; Fukushima remembered in a precise news report. Prepare to find yourself lost and then found again as you wander through this carefully scribed work of written art.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Sep 30, 2014
• ISBN: 9781499071979

Britt Baker

Britt Baker is a poet born of the Millennial, New Age era with a message that rings true across the generational gap. Raised in Houston, Texas, this emerging author found her voice at a young age and developed her skills by reading everything and writing her way through lifes' experiences. Baker has spent the first quarter of her life traveling, stumbling, learning, being a servant to Humanity, and extending love to all whom she encounters. Baker currently resides with her guitar and notebook in Berkeley, California.

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Copyright © 2014 by Britt Baker.

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to any actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

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Rev. date: 09/27/2014

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Contents

Something Worth Something

A Poem For Nikki

Coffee Shop

Clubbin’

Reality Check

Drip

Live from Fukushima

To Drown in Shallow Waters

Doctors Orders

Symphony of Brotherhood

IX Commandments of Self

The Giver

Unidentified Flying Helicopters

Trees

Tell Me Something Sweet

For A Love Yet Present

Rhythm

Three Little Words

Something-Else

God Speaks Through You

Mere Happenstance

Forgive My Transgressions

City by The Bay

I Miss You

Ad-INK-Ra

Dichotomy

Microwaves

Haiku-na Matata

Onward March

As I Am

Obscurity

Conversations With Life

The Sandman Speaks

Lucid

Confessions of an Artist (…and those who can relate)

Paper Talks

Pathological

Atoms of Life

Algorithmic

Intentional Intentions

This book is dedicated to my siblings:

May this be written proof that dreams do come true;

As long as you create them

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I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood.

-Audre Lorde

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Something Worth Something

I suppose I have something

to say.

Some of which may be profound;

Some mediocre.

Some simply a delusional attempt

at organizing my otherwise

scattered thoughts.

All of which, are indeed,

documented fragments of

a piece of me;

A piece that typically,

before reaching the page,

lives alone within the confines of my brain.

I cannot expect to be understood.

But, I can be