My Dark Horses

Jodie Hollander was raised in a family of classical musicians. Her work has appeared in publications such as The Poetry Review, The Dark Horse, The Rialto, Verse Daily, The Warwick Review, The Manchester Review, Australia’s Best Poems, 2011, and Australia’s Best Poems of 2015. Her debut pamphlet, The Humane Society, was released with Tall-Lighthouse in 2012. She is the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship in South Africa, and was awarded a MacDowell Colony fellowship in 2015.

Reviews‘A torrent of shocking and revelatory poetry simmers between the covers of My Dark Horses, pulling the reader in with the very first poem…It takes great courage to write of love, grief, abuse, and survival with such unflinching honesty.’Erica Goss, Pedestal Magazine

• Splitting and FuckingThe MetronomeOblivionThe Talking TreeThe Humane SocietyHe’sRomancing HerselfAprès Le DelugeLittle SerenadeA CactusMother’s WristsTransporting the PianoThe Chicken LadyMother’s Tomato PlantsGreenHow to Fry a ChickenThe Fat Lady’s ArmsTalking in LamuThe Sound of ScissorsMigraineThe Glass ElephantsThe Storm HorseThe FerretThe Red TricycleA Music StandFlowersHorse BonesSkyping with my MotherA BoxThe Last Time I Saw HerSpeaking with the DeadMother’s Persian RugsCaprice for ViolinDream of a Burning WomanThe Last BreakfastChildhoodHistoric EveningRutsVagabondsPhrasesNocturneShopping for Overalls in MilwaukeeTreemotherWild HorsesMy Mother’s Will Emailed in pdfVictoria ParkFirst StormA DaughterHawthornden CemeteryKathmanduZero HourMy Brother’s ViolinThe Family FreezerA Friend RequestFeeding the HorsesLake ParkWhite HorseDawnMy Dark HorsesAcknowledgments