D.W. Baker

D.W. Baker (he/him) is a submerging poet from St. Petersburg, Florida, where he writes about place, bodies, belonging, and the end of the world. His work appears in Identity Theory, Sundog Lit, Corporeal, and Feral Poetry, among others, and has been nominated for Best of the Net. He serves on the mastheads of several mags, including Variant Lit, and recently edited the collection GOD/CORPSE: writing on the bipolar body. See more at www.dwbakerpoetry.com

Easy read of the poems in the images above:

Meditation on four dimensions

“I became part of its pure movement” –Pablo Neruda, “The Sea”

The spirographed school of fish has no I
directing its body’s motion. Just as you became
distinct in your mother’s form, so you can part
your selves from the ever-clinging nettle of
forced perspective. Let eruption take its
only course. Let the mind weave itself pure
as the obligate carnivore’s determined movement.

Love Yourself

love yourself
without names
under shell
colored flames
rising heat
rendezvous
self-deceit
popped balloon
pressure rush
amputate
shining scar
secret crush
genderweight
break apart