Transit: Poems

by David Baker

A beloved nature poet reflects on environmental change, political transformation, and the ineluctable fact of aging.


We are—human and nonhuman—all on the move. In keenly observed verse, David Baker carries us across physical and emotional geographies, moving seamlessly from deep woods, city streets, bay shores, and creek beds to the contours of his own psyche and the larger cultural circumstances that mark off our lives.


But these dynamic poems are grounded in a deep sense of home, posing poignant questions about where we live, what we seek, and how we find our way through the world. Both an imaginative point of departure and a love letter to familiar places, the poems in Transit pay studied attention to the topographies of the world around us and the terrain of the heart.

Genres: Poetry

96 pages, Hardcover

Published January 13, 2026

About the author

David Baker is a poet, critic, and educator. He has received honors from the Guggenheim Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Poetry Society of America, and more. Baker lives in Granville, Ohio, where he is emeritus professor of English at Denison University.