David Baker
David Baker
American poet and Guggenheim Fellowship recipient whose poetry collections include Never-Ending Birds, Changeable Thunder, and The Truth about Small Towns. He also published several works of literary criticism.
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth27 December 1954
CityBangor, ME
CountryUnited States of America
falling fire good thousands time trees
We've got thousands and thousands of trees that could be falling in any good windstorm. They won't all come down at once it's just something to think about any time you're out in the fire area.
choice left
We have been left with no other choice.
best miss since sliced
We wouldn't miss this. This is the best thing since sliced bread.
continue gas increase natural percent prices rise
Natural gas prices are on the rise and will continue to rise, an 84 percent increase in price.
activity developed industrial nation pull
It's the kind of activity that only a developed and well-organized industrial nation can pull off.
race since won
It's been a while since I've won a race, ... It's about time.
talk unique whatever willing
They were willing to talk to us and think this through for whatever reasons. This was a unique case.
began necessary salvation
That is, the only reason salvation is necessary is to get us back to the garden. The Pentateuch not only presents where we began but also why we are not there any more, and why and how we need to get back.
paying subject taxation vote
It's called taxation without representation. We'd be subject to paying the tax, but we couldn't vote on it.
board breaks close couple dollars great heck hospital hundred radar straw support supportive thousand year
It's great to support us and all that, but $1-million a year is a heck of a support. Children's Hospital has been very supportive and it's not on the board radar to close us down right now. But if we lose a couple hundred thousand dollars more in funding, I don't know if they can support us any more. It's getting to the straw that breaks the camel's back.
finds musician rare
It is rare that even a jazz musician finds an individual voice.
growth incredible past seen
We've seen incredible growth in the past two years.
time
When I look back now, it must have been like Paris was at the time of Le Sacre du Printemps.
ahead business looking
We?re here for the long haul, ... I don?t look back. I?m a business guy, always looking ahead to the future.