Mind Sprocket

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Mind Sprocket gives voice to simple and honest perspectives. We publish thoughts and experiences on our world. We tell stories.

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Charlene Baldridge

As set by Jake Heggie, Charlene’s poems are heard on concert platforms, sung by Frederica von Stade. Widely published, Charlene, 74, performs her work with musicians, most recently at San Diego Museum of Art, Museum of the Living Artist and Kensington Concerts.

Articles by Charlene Baldridge:

Dancing Out of Time

Published in Verse on June 24, 2008

The young man who owns
Café Zia dances with a mop.
He is curious about my ear cuff.
Guess he’s never seen an old woman
wearing a lover on her ear.

The Man Who Didn’t Need Mothering

Published in Verse on June 12, 2008

From the time you spat the nipple out and walked,
you were never mine.

I wish now I hadn’t thrown that tacky
World’s Greatest Mother plate against the wall

Another Summer Come On

Published in Verse on March 18, 2008

Another summer come on like
I cannot believe I’m still here
in paradise soon outdoors to sit
how long I’ve loved this place this
park these plants this plot of land