Dean J. Baker - Poet, Composer, Author

"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.

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HOW THE ONTARIO MEDICAL SYSTEM MURDERED MY FATHER 

 

“A man who deliberately inflicts violence on the language will almost certainly inflict violence on human beings if he acquires power. Those who treasure the meaning of words will treasure truth, and those who bend words to their purposes are very likely in pursuit of anti-social ones. The correct and honorable use of words is the first and natural credential of civilised status.

We are all such temporary, fleeting guests in the Poetry Hotel.

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"When power leads man towards arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man’s concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses." - John Fitzgerald Kennedy

"The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality."

People who gauge how good you are, your work, by how popular you are or through with whom you associate, are nervous monkeys dancing on the keys of culture who will never have the slightest idea of depth, richness and true cultural value, especially so for poets.

If you believe in a leader anywhere, you believe in a boss.
Sucker.
If you believe in a boss, you believe popular and culture are not mutually exclusive in a society pathologically obsessed with tits and violence.
If you believe that lie, you believe politics is being all you can be.
If you believe in that, you probably don't know why I'm saying this.

Dean J. Baker

There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written.
Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray

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Political correctness is a euphemism for dictatorship through the lowest common denominator.

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