Writing Archives - Rick Baldwin

When I’m Gone

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When I’m gone, replace me with the moon— its silver dust more tempered, forgiving, steadfast and...

New Year

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Countdown ignored— tucked beneath a stranger’s quilt, like two-for-one toasted loaves from the...

Deconstructing Me

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Can you locate, diminish, and ultimately eliminate the persistent thought of “me”? This is no...

Taking Flight

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I release them. Fledglings pushed from the nest, thin-skinned and chirping. Constantly on guard...

Arid

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Before the rains, I live in your skeleton, pressed beneath the crust of your sinister mask. I...

Death Of The Moon

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Punky Moon was gettin’ married to Reba Anderson and there wuddn’t nobody less happy about that...

There Is No “Being Aware of Being Aware”

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The phrase “Be aware of Being Aware” is frequently encountered in contemporary non-dual teachings,...

First Blush

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The flutter of waking— sapphire butterflies poised to sip the earth’s nectar, its sweetness...

The Specter of Red Dog Road

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Up in Harlan, Kentucky, there’s an old backroad called “Red Dog Road” and you don’t never want to...

Exotic Aquatic

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Inside, it swims— this goldfish of light within a translucent bowl, its fragile curve an illusion...

A Hollywood Life Unattained

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Reflecting on the missed opportunities of my early career as a Hollywood actor. Not many people...

New Exploitive Southern Reality Shows On Cable

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Tick Jokes Friday 2:00 AM on COMEDY 1 hr TV-14 Wannabe stand-up comics from West Virginia check...

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