Deborah Ann Baker Oakville, WA

Deborah Ann Baker has her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology and is listed in "Who's Who In Human Service Professionals, 1988. She has many articles published in professional and trade journals. Winner of the Diamond Homer Trophy, 1995 and President's Award, 1996 for her poetry. She has two collections of poetry entitled, Forbidden Crossings and Sacred Ground. As in all arts, writing is the expression of a soulful experience brought forth to excite or ignite that experience in another and a remembrance that we are the same and connected.

Sweet Embrace Sweet is the fragrance of my beloved. Like a hummingbird drawn to ambrosial nectar, I nestle there and know no other place.

Reflections of Midnight Blue The enchantress begins her ascent upon a backdrop of midnight blue. Stars gather as if her children to attend a bedtime story. She reached out and rises higher to met her reflection. As a father shines upon it's child And the child reflects it's father's love As I gaze upon the face within the moon I realize, it is mine. So, I sit upon a lush green field with scents of chamomile and sweet jasmine Drinking moon beams and remember Reflections of Midnight Blue

Rainbow Ribbon I, like an iridescent rainbow ribbon flow through a sea of swirling darkness. A big bang occurs, flashing lightning, stars move outward with infinite potential. Do I dare? Yes, Moving through the chaos toward a light a loop in time. Flowing through you around you and caressing you. Knowing you, being you -- such an experience! You ask me to pause and form a knot; Oh, the splendor of a moment in time. As a traveler, to pause would be devastating and most limited. Allow me to dance through you and be you. Tying a knot is for naught.

All poems Copyright © 1996 Deborah Ann Baker. All rights reserved.