"A bold and refreshing approach to modern poetry, one that breaks the rules when necessary and yet conforms when it suites. Highly recommended..." "If all the reader is looking for in a poetry anthology are the poetic ramblings of someone trying to impress with their command of language or a gently rolling stream of consciousness then this probably isn't it; but for poignant and thought provoking insight and new ideas, one would be hard pressed to do better than Dean J. Baker's 'Silence Louder Than A Train.'" Poetry and prose poems of a passionate & intense originality which transcends the...

"This author's mastery in posing challenging questions by default is a rare skill. A superb set of poems I would recommend to any potential reader of modern poetry seeking out the works of a poet, who has no fear; who never pulls a punch or flinches from one circumstance has thrown his way. He simply commits the event to words. Those in or out of 'love' will find much to identify with here." There are the general accepted thoughts of love and its antecedents, and then there are these fine poems which give us through their ironic delight in what might be oppressing another appreciation for...

"Required reading for anyone wanting to learn about wit, wordplay, and good, gritty writing in general. Dean Baker knows how to turn a phrase upside down and kick it full strength out the door. Five stars, and here's to many more..." "What more powerful a statement can a poet express than "the word is not the thing," one of Baker's titles. This alone points to the depth of the hand that scribes words that point, words that depict, words that make real, what we all feel." Poetry and prose poems of a passionate & intense originality which transcends the boundaries of the everyday. Words that...

Prose poems by Dean J. Baker. The perfect mixture of poetry and prose combining to create a new form of both. Challenging the acceded methods of thought and perception, through the grace and joy of these prose poems, there is an inherent delight in the work which well conveys itself to the reader. By virtue of a self, dismantled from contemporarily accepted forms of expression which tend to either the abstract or the merely physical, without irony or grace, we are taken by purposeful expressions which allude to a finer consciousness not necessarily found through distended forms foreign to our...

Transcendence and the dialectic thereof regarding the physical, and the spiritual, of beginnings and endings. With more of the dark humor found in Dark Earth, the ironies of spirituality along with fleshly cravings and the habits of the contemporary fully self-evident, these are transgressive and transcending works of moving beyond the traps of the hard weight of reality without the charade of metaphysical dimensions trapping the reader into a world that can and must be tossed aside once the book is finished being read. Not fully a guide through personal infernos, the poems are reference...

The latest contemporary poetry by acclaimed poet and author Dean J. Baker. Poetry of origins, and songs of discovery.