David Harrison Horton

David Harrison Horton is a writer, artist, editor and curator. He is author of Maze Poems (Arteidolia, 2022) and Necessary (forthcoming from Downingfield Press in 2025). His latest chap, Model Answer, was released by CCCP Chapbooks/subpress in 2024. His work has recently appeared in The Belfast Review, Roi Fainéant, Verbal Art and Yolk, among others. He edits the poetry zine SAGINAW. davidharrisonhorton.com
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► David Harrison Horton's microchap & (selected) poems are available below. Download the PDF by clicking the title.

Origami Microchap with Selected Poems

A Country Funeral

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David Harrison Horton BioCVR A Country Funeral 2025 Jul

Each poem uses a different formal convention to examine a single life event.

Cover 'Funeral Sketch' by author

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A Country Funeral (Nonet)

The steeple behind the hills respires.
Even the trees fly at half mast.
The birds pay no attention
to the people below.
A faint breeze is felt.
There is no shade.
We stand still,
heads bowed
down.

A Country Funeral (Madrigal)

This day is exteremly long.
The sun is setting by the hills.
Everyone says to stay strong.

At the wake, we have our fill:
Everything in place, nothing wrong.
Even winds won’t break the still.
To hold it in and yet look out,
while dead inside, replete with doubt.

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