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Rob Baker
is on page 173 of 368
Hours after the dishes are washed and stacked,
a metal bowl clangs to the floor,
the weight of drying water all that altered...
You have felt it disappearing
from your own capricious heart--
a restlessness enters, the smallest leaning begins,
Already then inevitable, the full collision,
the life you will describe afterwards always as "after"
(from "Balance", 165)
— Jan 21, 2026 02:27AM
a metal bowl clangs to the floor,
the weight of drying water all that altered...
You have felt it disappearing
from your own capricious heart--
a restlessness enters, the smallest leaning begins,
Already then inevitable, the full collision,
the life you will describe afterwards always as "after"
(from "Balance", 165)
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Rob Baker
is on page 298 of 368
Been making my way through this poetry collection for 1.5 months....should finish this week
— Feb 12, 2026 03:21AM
Rob Baker
is on page 274 of 368
My Species
even
a small purple artichoke
boiled
in its own bitterness
and darkening
waters
grows tender,
grows tender and sweet
patience, I think,
my species
keep testing the spiny leaves
the spiny heart
— Feb 09, 2026 02:41AM
even
a small purple artichoke
boiled
in its own bitterness
and darkening
waters
grows tender,
grows tender and sweet
patience, I think,
my species
keep testing the spiny leaves
the spiny heart
Rob Baker
is on page 242 of 368
The Perfection of Loss
Like a native speaker
returned
after long exile,
quiet now in two tongues.
— Feb 03, 2026 02:54AM
Like a native speaker
returned
after long exile,
quiet now in two tongues.
