David Hosford

David Hosford is the author of three volumes of poetry, A String of Black Pearls (2003), The Architecture of the Abyss (2020, 2024) and The Neon Sonnets (2025). Navigating a landscape of decadence, desire, melancholia and eroticism, his poetry draws on metaphysics, symbolism and the occult to chart the beauty and horror of the metaphysical world beneath the glittering mirror of existence. Writing in a unique style about philosophical and spiritual themes, and standing outside the mainstream of contemporary literature, he writes visionary poetry of great depth and beauty.