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- Changeable Thunder: Poems
- Book
- 2001
- Published by: University of Arkansas Press
summary
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.
Table of Contents
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- Benton’s Clouds
- pp. 3-5
- Pulp Fiction
- pp. 6-8
- Forced Bloom
- pp. 9-10
- Romanticism
- pp. 11-13
- Trees beside Water
- pp. 14-17
- Preparatory Meditation
- pp. 18-20
- The Rainbow
- pp. 21-26
- After Rain
- pp. 27-28
- Cold Water
- pp. 29-30
- Postmodernism
- pp. 33-34
- Début de Siècle
- p. 35
- Separation
- pp. 40-41
- “Fade-Out”: A Lover’s Discourse
- pp. 42-44
- Simonides’ Stone
- pp. 45-47
- The City of God
- pp. 51-53
- The Puritan Way of Death
- pp. 54-58
- Unconditional Election
- pp. 61-62
- Midwest: Ode
- pp. 63-64
- Midwest: Georgics
- pp. 71-74
- Works and Days
- pp. 75-77
- Mr. Whitman’s Book
- pp. 78-82
- Humble House
- pp. 83-84
- Two Clouds
- pp. 86-92
Additional Information
ISBN
9781610750929
Related ISBN(s)
9781557287151
MARC Record
OCLC
1080550352
Pages
108
Launched on MUSE
2019-01-02
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2001