Swift new and selected poems Poems. Selections Baker, David 1954- creator author. text bibliography Poetry. Poetry. nyu 2019 First edition. monographic eng print xvi, 179 pages ; 25 cm "A sweeping poetic achievement, Swift represents David Baker's evolution as one of American poetry's most significant voices. Gathering poems from eight collections--including the widely acclaimed Changeable Thunder (2001) and his masterful latest, Scavenger Loop (2015)--and adding three suites of new poems, David Baker proves himself once again "the most expansive and moving poet to come out of the American Midwest since James Wright" (Marilyn Hacker). With equal curiosity and candor, he explores the many worlds we all inhabit--from our most intimate relationships to the wider social worlds of neighborhoods, villages, and our complex national identity, to the environmental community we all share. FROM "SWIFT" A voice in awe turns inward; as looking down into a canyon, the self grows small. The smaller swifts are larger for their singing"-- Pastoral -- Why not say -- Early may -- Stolen sonnet -- Why not say -- Tree frogs -- The sea -- After -- The osprey -- Waiting for news -- The wren -- Gather -- Checkpoint -- Elegy, in words -- Peril sonnet -- Swift -- Simile -- What is a weed? -- Magnolia -- Five odes on absence -- Belong to -- Scavenger loop -- Trillium -- Posthumous man -- The rumor -- Horse madness -- Never- ending birds -- Bay -- Too many -- Monarchs landing and flying -- Hyper- -- The spring ephemerals -- Winged -- Midwest eclogue -- The blue -- Late pastoral -- Benton's clouds -- Pulp fiction -- Trees beside water -- After rain -- The city of god -- Unconditional election -- Ohio fields after rain -- Still-Hildreth Sanitorium, 1936 -- Yellow lilies and cypress swamp -- Holiday bunting -- The truth about small towns -- Tract -- The affair -- Treatise on touch -- Snow figure -- Along the storm front -- Red shift -- Faith -- Murder -- Mercy -- After the reunion -- November: the end of myth -- Starlight -- Patriotics -- Running the river lines -- The wrecker driver foresees your death -- The anniversary of silence -- Haunts. David Baker. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1900-2099 fast American poetry 20th century American poetry 21st century American poetry PS3552.A4116 A6 2019 811/.54 0393652769 9780393652765 2018050859 pda,print LBSOR/DLC 181104 20250318213150.0 in00004170400 eng