The poems of Dave Malone [ in O: Love Poems from the Ozarks ] are constructions of beauty, turning the images of the everyday into something wonderful shared between two people.
—Glynn Young
Rooted in the Ozarks, rushed with language that wakens and intrigues, red with passion or perspective, these poems will call you back—to the bedroom, to friendship, to love, to your own geography.
Words About O
“Malone knows what and where he loves while his poems form an intimate geometry of hill, home, flesh and bone, as essential as they are elemental. This work is chiseled.”
–Mike Luster, English & Philosophy Professor at Arkansas State University
About the Author
Dave Malone is an editor and filmmaker, his work has been aired on NPR and featured in numerous journals and publications, including Every Day Poems, San Pedro River Review, and Elder Mountain: A Journal of Ozark Studies. This is his sixth volume of poetry.
Check Out a Review of O: Love Poems from the Ozarks + Poems by the Author
Glynn Young Reviews O
Poems by Dave Malone on Best Love Poetry
I lose myself in the space at the base
Of your neck, the wood hollow, a place
Where rainwater collects and birds sing,
The smoothest pool for my longing.
I want to lay my tongue in the groove
Of flesh, below the bone cupola.
I want to stay there and not to move,
To taste your skin of magnolia.
I lose myself in the space at the base
Of your neck, all sense of self erased.
— Dave Malone