Changeable Thunder: Poems

by David Baker

Changeable Thunder marks David Baker's emergence as a major contemporary poet. To his abiding sense of the Midwest—its politics, people, and landscapes—Baker adds a powerful historical dimension, with poems ranging from Puritan New England to the modern subway. Of particular note are poems on the works of other writers, as he reanimates Shelley's letters, Samuel Sewall's diaries, and Walt Whitman's novel. With brilliant technique, dazzling formal variety, and moving intimacy, Baker's poems explore personal illness, erotic and familial passion, artistic creation, and the constant work and changing weather of one man's life.

Genres: Poetry

108 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 1, 2001

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.

Reviews

[Nancy · Rating 4 out of 5]

How grateful I am for "Two Clouds" -- and the grace of that marriage. And for the glaciers and rocks and cars spun out in "Ohio Fields After Rain." As well as the particular American voices woven throughout -- Emily, Walt, and Ralph Waldo. Rich company.