Jeremy Baker : Writing

Sonnet 3

Sonnet 3

A Poem by Jeremy Baker


My lustful love for you, beguiling all, Tarpeia, the Queen ofcontradiction. Tarnish desire, to bring about my fall: and prove again pure love is ..
Sentinel

Sentinel

A Poem by Jeremy Baker


I watch the coffee percolate, then drink it like a deluge in the desert. Phantasm of equilibrium squints back through the mirror of opprobrium,..
Breathe in, breathe out, then stop.

Breathe in, breathe out, then stop.

A Poem by Jeremy Baker


The air unites us all. Breath from my lungs will circulate the globe; you breathe me in, as I breathe you out. We breathe our life into each other..
Opiate for the Masses

Opiate for the Masses

A Poem by Jeremy Baker


Assumptions that virtue is its own reward were based upon a complete lack of cognisance; else why are the virtuous so oft maltreated? Pow..
My Euphoria

My Euphoria

A Poem by Jeremy Baker


My euphoria will be short lived as I skirmish to maintain impetus to eclipse the reasons I once possessed to persist with living. ..
Requiem for a Fool

Requiem for a Fool

A Poem by Jeremy Baker


My bed is empty. Empty like my heart, like the pockets in my coat, the ones with holes in them. My house is empty, too. There is ..
Rancid Memories

Rancid Memories

A Poem by Jeremy Baker


Memories, of happier times, of love and warmth and tenderness turn rancid and decompose; a hallucination at best; a nightmare: what is love, a..
Seeking the Light

Seeking the Light

A Poem by Jeremy Baker


Leonard says the cracks exist so the light can get in; where my stillborn potential distends towards entropy. But radiance has no release, though i..
The Interview

The Interview

A Story by Jeremy Baker


Tell us your story. Urgently, immediately, I ran away from the carnage, the scene replaying in my mind’s eye. The grotesquely graceful p..
Sonnet 1

Sonnet 1

A Poem by Jeremy Baker


Welcome to Terra Pro Zac, land of my ancestors and countrymen! A big land, for big men (not to mention, big pharmaceuticals!) We have pills galore, ..