You Know the Ones

In this, his seventh book, poet Dave Malone gives readers glimpses of life-shaping moments. In a chapter titled "School Days and Light," we watch a bully, and a too-young bride; in the "Aux Arcs" (Ozarks) section, we meditate on family values. "Love Language" reads sky, lake, and tree. The book ends with elegies, sharp and subtle, for (extra) ordinary people. Dave Malone is a poet and filmmaker who lives in West Plains, Missouri. His ancestors moved to Howell County in 1842 and were one of ten families of European descent living in the area. Though itinerant at times, Malone has long found a home and refuge in the Ozarks, where most of his work is set. You Know the Ones is his seventh volume of poetry.