The hive, the honey, the air
as shore, the scraps
of a landscape we measure
as time, today, I thought
about the smoke rising, about
running towards it, even if
it’s too late, even if the what-if
is true again. I could be help.
Poem by Darren C. Demaree
Image by Adam Strong
Darren C. Demaree’s poems have appeared, or are scheduled to appear in numerous magazines/journals, including Hotel Amerika, Diode, North American Review, New Letters, Diagram, and the Colorado Review. I am the author of twenty-three poetry collections, most recently ‘So Much More’ (November 2024, Harbor Editions). I am the Editor in Chief of the Best of the Net Anthology and Managing Editor of Ovenbird Poetry. I am currently living and writing in Columbus, Ohio with my wife and children.
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