David Baker is author of six books of poetry. His most recent is Changeable Thunder. He has received fellowships and awards from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Poetry Society of America, the Ohio Arts Council, and the Society of Midland Authors.

Other poems by David Baker in Verse Daily:
July 2, 2002:  "After Rain" "You have to turn your back to the animals..."

About Five Points:
Poets in this issue: Edward Hirsch, Mary Oliver, Andrea Hollander Budy, David Baker, Dave Smith, Thomas Lux, Rodney Jones, Richard Tillinghast, Franz Wright, Malena Mörling, Damian Fallon, Robert Olen Butler