Emily as What the Wave Carries
Our small mouths
have never mattered.
The drowned
drown regardless
of the bruising
or the songs
about the bruising.
We are on the beach
together now.
That is what we asked
for, right?
Right. Right?
have never mattered.
The drowned
drown regardless
of the bruising
or the songs
about the bruising.
We are on the beach
together now.
That is what we asked
for, right?
Right. Right?
Emily as a Poem Written From Things Emily as Said as She Left the Kitchen This Morning
Did you call
the knocking
loop coiling
our ash trees
& what, what
about the egress?
I love
this syrup
& what, what?
Remember
to call
the children
this syrup.
I love
this syrup.
It’s around all
of our trees.
the knocking
loop coiling
our ash trees
& what, what
about the egress?
I love
this syrup
& what, what?
Remember
to call
the children
this syrup.
I love
this syrup.
It’s around all
of our trees.
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Darren C. DemareeDarren 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 Louis Bogan Award from Trio House Press, and the Nancy Dew Taylor Award from Emrys Journal. 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.
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