Petty Gods Of Apparent Decline

by Dean Baker

'Poetry that is classic and timeless.'

'Vital, intense and uncompromising - singular in clarity, artistry, and authenticity.'

'Work which illuminates as it informs - a reviving sense of discovery and perspective.'

Dark Earth – "Rabelais and Hieronymus Bosch look out of dark chinks in these poems…"
’‘The most unique set of poems I have ever read…’

Silence Louder Than A Train – "Highly recommended…’‘
"… one would be hard pressed to do better…’‘
"…savagely introspective.."

"Dean’s books will someday be required reading…"

120 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 3, 2019

About the author

https://deanbakerpoetryandsongs.com

"Dean is a combination of thought and torment that has made him write more than a baker's dozen of fine poems.. he might produce a collection that could astound us all." - Irving Layton
Irving Layton is one of Canada's foremost poets, nominated twice for the Nobel Prize for Literature; teacher, friend and mentor to Leonard Cohen, and the man to whom Leonard dedicated his latest book.
My poetry has appeared in hundreds of literature magazines world wide, recorded, and online.