Darren C. Demaree
EMILY AS THE BIRD SWALLOWS THE IDEA OF PAIN
Every cherry
has enough good flesh
to stomach a seed.
EMILY AS OUR LUST IS A COMMON LUST
Seriously,
it’s almost all
buttons.
Darren C. Demaree is the author of nine poetry collections, most recently Bombing the Thinker, which was published by Backlash Press. He is the recipient of a 2018 Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award, the Nancy Dew Taylor Award from Emrys Journal, and the Loius Bogan Award From Trio House Press. He is the Managing Editor of the Best of the Net Anthology and Ovenbird Poetry. He is currently living in Columbus, Ohio with his wife and children. Visit his website here: www.darrencdemaree.com
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Every cherry
has enough good flesh
to stomach a seed.
EMILY AS OUR LUST IS A COMMON LUST
Seriously,
it’s almost all
buttons.
Darren C. Demaree is the author of nine poetry collections, most recently Bombing the Thinker, which was published by Backlash Press. He is the recipient of a 2018 Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award, the Nancy Dew Taylor Award from Emrys Journal, and the Loius Bogan Award From Trio House Press. He is the Managing Editor of the Best of the Net Anthology and Ovenbird Poetry. He is currently living in Columbus, Ohio with his wife and children. Visit his website here: www.darrencdemaree.com
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