Wheel of Water

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The Books of David Baldwin

His books span poetry, family history, faith, and the craft of clear writing. His newest and most comprehensive, Wheel of Water, gathers a lifetime of that work into a single collection.

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Poetry

Wheel of Water

A lifetime of memory, faith, family, and human experience. Baldwin's fifth and most comprehensive collection gathers the finest work of a long creative journey.

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Poetry

Bud and Mary

Free-verse portraits of the poet's parents across a forty-five-year marriage: a couple bound by duty and time, and the family story that follows.

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Poetry · Haiku

A Pinwheeling Leaf

Eighty-three haiku and tanka from a poet who served as national secretary of the Haiku Society of America.

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Poetry · Faith

Inspired by Scripture

Four years of poems drawn from the weekly readings of church services: one lesson, one poem, week after week.

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Family History

The Morven Plantation Family Letters

Letters from 1813 to 1857 by ancestors who lived on land once owned by Thomas Jefferson, a family archive brought to light.

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Nonfiction · Craft

Ew! How to Fix Terrible Technical Writing

Three decades in the trade, distilled: a practical, good-humored guide to writing that readers can actually follow.