by D.W. Baker

tempered faith
realized fear
sentient gate
sending fire
conscious magnet
forcing same
living palette
knotted sum
electric wings
transcendental
healing song
resonating
matter temple
righteous sun

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D.W. Baker is a poet from St. Petersburg, Florida. His poems appear in Amethyst Review, New Verse Review, and The Turning Leaf Journal, among others, and have received nominations for Best of the Net and the Pushcart Prize. His reviews and essays appear in Radix Magazine, Variant Lit, Philly Poetry Chapbook Review, and more. See more of his work at www.dwbakerpoetry.com