"Beautiful, brilliant and brutal, and ever truthful. "Intense early poems of Dean J. Baker. Some previously published in worldwide academic and literary journals, and several of his prior books. Poetry of necessity: unique combinations of thought, emotion, and art. Several poems have been revised for inclusion in this first volume of his Selected Poems. https://deanbakerpoetryandsongs.com https://www.amazon.com/Dean-Baker/e/B00IC6PGQM