Through silence and song, death and rebirth, a sense of wonder pervades every minute of our lives. In The Man Who Saws Us in Half, Ron Houchin explores this idea from the first curiosities of childhood to the gradual skepticism that comes with age and the weight of practical concerns. In the whimsical poem "The Lion That Finds You Asleep in His Dream," the sleeping figure relives the magical allure of youth, offered both gratuitously and ubiquitously: "The moon's still high in its arc, / and you know / you spilled from this lion's heart." 
With his unique and colloquial voice, Houchin allows the reader to experience familiar subjects anew, to admire the surrounding world with rekindled appreciation and awe.

The Man Who Saws Us in Half: Poems (Southern Messenger Poets)

Literature & Fiction

Houchin, Ron

Poetry

LSU Press

Wolves howl in the hollow of night, cats yowl from crags and forests, but people describe sunsets, address their dead, pray to what they feel may lie beyond the stars, and perhaps even take note of mysterious figures lurking in alleys. In Talking to Shadows, his latest collection of poems, Ron Houchin replies with sensitivity and wit to things noticed or sensed, offering a celebration of sights, sounds, and objects that elicit responses through the phenomena of their being. Whether evoking the presage of a coming ice age, a photo of an unknown ancestor in a family album, or the presence of nature during a lone walk across a night field, Houchin?s poems converse with the shadows of existence that permeate a world filled with beauty and mystery.

Talking to Shadows: Poems (Southern Messenger Poets)

Poetry with a magical realism from plain-spoken Ron Houchin who lives in the Appalachian region of southeastern Ohio. This is Houchin's first volume published in the United States; it follows two highly acclaimed volumes published in Ireland.

Among Wordless Things

Wind Pubns

Crows punctuate our lives like dark exclamations. They land and watch from fence post, rooftop, and field. Their occurrence brings a form of awareness. Whether they appear as sentinels for those areas we may feel reluctant to examine or as spectres of the unexpected, they embody the harsh and the beautiful, evoking the recurring moments of our lives. This collection, interspersed with its metaphorical black birds, looks also to summon such moments. ""A fine volume that will give poetry fans much to enjoy."" - The Midwest Book Review

Museum Crows (Salmon Poetry)

Salmon Poetry

The seventy poems of this new and selected collection by award-winning Appalachian poet Ron Houchin base themselves on a life within the spirit of place on the banks of the Ohio River. They include a section of all new work combined with other relevant poems of lived-experience from his five previous volumes and three chapbooks of poetry published in Ireland and the US.

The Quiet Jars: New & Selected Poems

Tales Out of School

Short Stories & Anthologies

Wind Publications

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