Our Poison Horse by Derrick C. Brown

With Our Poison Horse, Brown brings forth a poetic masterpiece that dives into real events that shaped and transformed him.

Born from ship decks, Texas highways, wild landscapes, and the story of a poisoned horse named Lacey, these poems carry the grit of real life and the mystery of a Southern gothic dream. Part memoir, part fever dream, and completely Brown, Our Poison Horse is a collection with a haunted Americana feel. 

Grab your copy today and embark on a poetic journey like no other.

How they wish he would stick to his role
and wait for the lightning to take down a beast
so they could fill their bellies and live a life
of waiting for something awful
to feel full.

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Derrick C. Brown is a novelist, comedian, poet, librettist, gondolier and storyteller from Long Beach, California. He is the winner of the 2013 Texas Book of the Year Award for Poetry and the current Poet Laureate of Los Feliz.