Randy Baker

Joined January 2024

177 stories

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Poet, author, essayist.

My Vocal "Top Stories":

* The Breakers Motel * 7 * Holding On * Til Death Do Us Part * The Fisherman

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Confidential
A hall of mirrors, an open stage, this big world. . Probing eyes, ears to the door, lives on display. .
By Randy Bakerabout a year ago in Poets
Knocked Out
Your love blindsided me from the start. You’ve got it down pat, like an art. Here I am again, surprised. This time, by my demise.
By Randy Bakerabout a year ago in Poets
Regret
I stare at the door through misty eyes, knowing that the words were in haste, but they cannot be unsaid. We can’t un-fight the fight.
By Randy Bakerabout a year ago in Poets
Crash
No brakes, we skidded out of control. Like screeching metal, our hearts crashed. Our feelings shattered like glass, nothing left to salvage.
By Randy Bakerabout a year ago in Poets
Liberated
Free at last from the ties that bound me, holding me down like an anvil, wrapped around my hapless heart. I’m not sure what love is,
By Randy Bakerabout a year ago in Poets
Splintered
Like a raft, we have broken apart. The swift current tears us away, crashing us into the rocks. The anchor did not hold.
By Randy Bakerabout a year ago in Poets
Jilted
Standing alone, the aisle stretches long. Whispering guests shift in their seats. Vows hang in the air, unsaid. Promises up like smoke
By Randy Bakerabout a year ago in Poets
The Final Battle
Cutting and slashing at each other, like claymores and battle axes, we try to draw blood with words. With vengeance born of pain,
By Randy Bakerabout a year ago in Poets
Dear John
Dear John, it’s hard to write this letter, to tell you that this is over. I tried to wait, but I can’t. It’s too much here alone.
By Randy Bakerabout a year ago in Poets
Love and Lies
“It’s over now.” Your words are acid. “But why?” My mind spins like a top. “We’ve grown apart,” is your lie. Tears flow, but only mine.
By Randy Bakerabout a year ago in Poets
Winner's Circle: Prompted #6
INTRODUCTION Prompted: #6 has come to an end. It doesn't seem like 6 months since I began these challenges, but here we are.
By Randy Bakerabout a year ago in Writers
Tired of the Lies
I’m tired of the lies, false promises, delusions, allusions, and misrepresentations. . Saying one thing and doing another.
By Randy Baker2 years ago in Poets