Forsythia Overnight is a poetic journey filled with glimpses of the Ozarks and shadows of the Osage. Diamonds and gold, the oak and the pine, a garage and a yard thirsty for blessings; all places and pieces woven to relay messages from the past, echoes of Dave Malone’s people and his hills. These poems ask the questions we all carry: the whys of nature, who we are, and how the past continues to shape us.
—Carol Parris Krauss, author of Mountain. Memory. Marsh.
I devoured Dave Malone’s poems, savoring the way he hovers over a moment until it opens—a longing, an appreciation for our humanness. I closed the book both “lost and found,” already wanting to start again.
—Jennifer J. Camp, author of The Uncovering
Here we find a spring-to-fall cycle, from the sudden surprise of early blooms to the loss of dear trees. A parallel arc traces movement from the fragile satisfactions of home to the risky exposures of the open road. Threading both is the poet’s sensitive response to the terms of organic life, including his own in his beloved Ozarks.
—James Fowler, author of Postcards from Home
Dave Malone is a poet and screenwriter from the Missouri Ozarks. He holds degrees from Ottawa University and Indiana State University. A Best of the Net and three-time Pushcart nominee, he is the author of eight poetry collections. His poems have appeared in Bellevue Literary Review, Midwest Review, and Fourteen Hills. His latest film project is the short, Tennyson’s Maud. He occasionally reads poems on TikTok: @poetmalone.
Title: Forsythia Overnight
Author: Dave Malone
Publisher: Rockwood Press
Released: 2026 - September
Format: chapbook, acid-free paper, silk cover
Pages: 62
Price: $10
ISBN: 978-1-59498-245-3
Forsythia Overnight is a poetic journey filled with glimpses of the Ozarks and shadows of the Osage. Diamonds and gold, the oak and the pine, a garage and a yard thirsty for blessings; all places and pieces woven to relay messages from the past, echoes of Dave Malone’s people and his hills. These poems ask the questions we all carry: the whys of nature, who we are, and how the past continues to shape us.
—Carol Parris Krauss, author of Mountain. Memory. Marsh.
I devoured Dave Malone’s poems, savoring the way he hovers over a moment until it opens—a longing, an appreciation for our humanness. I closed the book both “lost and found,” already wanting to start again.
—Jennifer J. Camp, author of The Uncovering
Here we find a spring-to-fall cycle, from the sudden surprise of early blooms to the loss of dear trees. A parallel arc traces movement from the fragile satisfactions of home to the risky exposures of the open road. Threading both is the poet’s sensitive response to the terms of organic life, including his own in his beloved Ozarks.
—James Fowler, author of Postcards from Home
Dave Malone is a poet and screenwriter from the Missouri Ozarks. He holds degrees from Ottawa University and Indiana State University. A Best of the Net and three-time Pushcart nominee, he is the author of eight poetry collections. His poems have appeared in Bellevue Literary Review, Midwest Review, and Fourteen Hills. His latest film project is the short, Tennyson’s Maud. He occasionally reads poems on TikTok: @poetmalone.
Title: Forsythia Overnight
Author: Dave Malone
Publisher: Rockwood Press
Released: 2026 - September
Format: chapbook, acid-free paper, silk cover
Pages: 62
Price: $10
ISBN: 978-1-59498-245-3
