Quentin Baker: 5 books

Honoring the Bard!A MurdererNo need then to take a life,Silence its voiceStrew its brains across the gutterShred its fibers into pulpWhen bold MacbethHas done it for me: I’ve heard his heart knocking at his ribs, Staggered with him from the king’s bedchamberBedabbed in gore,Hunched in the dark...

This is one of my poems and is an award-winning one.The Guns of July“I am the grass.Let me work.” — Carl SandburgThe sheer cliffs above ocean roar Near Muir Beach Are dotted with gun emplacements, Cement and steel-plated half circles Buried deeply In the rocky sides. Giant, tall-stemmed yarrow...

George Washington Carver High School is a complex, sprawling, urban institution with a long history of excellence, and the accomplishments of its students in various fields: academics, athletics, leadership, and extracurricular activities, give the school an outstanding reputation. Nearly three thousand...

It’s Spring 1949. Widow Lelia Romberg agrees to marry Eduarde Fournier whose brother, LEAL, lives as a recluse upstairs in Fournier's farmhouse in Frenchtown, Montana; Lelia and Eduarde (who speaks mostly French) begin to explore life together. They decide to travel in Lelia’s 1946 Hudson to Seattle Lelia...

Things have changed. The Truth has not. The 1950's are gone forever. The days of the Sunday school attendance award and the much-loved Sunday school picnic have faded into oblivion. Yet some youth ministries still operate as if today's kids are living in a vacuum, unaffected by the changing morals...