Very sorry to learn of the death of poet Wendell Berry. Such an important advocate for our relationship with the natural world, the beauty of wild things & the value of small, individual actions.
Many thanks to the editors of Josephine Quarterly for including two of my Emily poems in their new issue. www.josephinequarterly.com/summer-2026
Summer 2026 — Josephine Quarterly
Summer 2026
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Got There: Poems on Vanishing is available now from April Gloaming Publishing. aprilgloaming.com/shop/got-the...
Got There: Poems on Vanishing - April Gloaming Publishing
Praise for Darren C. Demaree “In Darren C. Demaree's Got There: Poems on Vanishing, the title implies arrival, but the poems are a journey, each one traveling to bring the speaker closer to rest, each...
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Many thanks to the editors of Stimulus Respond for including three of my Emily poems in their new issue. www.stimulusrespond.com
Stimulus Respond
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Many thanks to the editors of The New Monuments for including three of the poems from my Creek Bed Meditations manuscript in their new issue. thenewmonuments.com/darren-c-dem...
THE NEW MONUMENTS
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Many thanks to Marrow Magazine for including my poem Emily as Unaccountable (January 13th, 2026) in their new issue. marrowmagazine.com/emily-as-una...
Emily as Unaccountable (January 13th, 2026) – marrow magazine
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Many thanks to Cordite for including my poem Emily as Exquisitely Fearless in their new issue. cordite.org.au/poetry/nothe...
Emily as Exquisitely Fearless
It’s a slight flare, her surrendering to no one, ever.
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Many thanks to Twin Flame Literary for including two of my Emily poems in their new issue. twinflameliterary.com/emily-as-we-...
Emily as We Shorten the Story – Twin Flame Literary
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Going to the post office on Tuesday to mail off some signed books. Let me know if you’d like me to send any your way. ($15 each)
I highly recommend this book for anyone community building inside or outside of an institution.
Many thanks to Tim Staley for including my What We Called Fruit sequence in Cacti Fur Collective Volume 2. It's available now. www.amazon.com/CACTI-FUR-CO...
if you're looking for some weekend reading, i've got a new essay thing up on substack about palmistry, doubt, dark nights of the soul, planarian worms, the world book encyclopedia, and writing (or not). you can visit it here:
Split Life
This post is a writing workshop's nightmare, honestly.
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Issue 7 is here! Poems from @adamg.bsky.social @janezwart.bsky.social @sallypoet.bsky.social @carolee.bsky.social Jill Crammond @fakeourway.bsky.social & AJ Wright. Art from @robinturnerpoet.bsky.social and featured artist @thaddevassie.bsky.social asteralesjournal.com
The deadline has been extended! If you haven't already, please vote for Now Flourish Northern Cardinal. survey.typeform.com/to/Pows6jiE?...
Many thanks to the editors of the Globe Review for including three of my Emily poems on their site.
Emily as the Fox Smiles; Emily as All the Honey; Emily as Towards Absence
by Darren C. Demaree Emily as the Fox Smiles Forget how delicious my heart must be. She’s been feasting on it in public to confer importance, but mostly because she knows some of…
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A huge thank you to JOAN KWON GLASS for her thoughts concerning "ALL THAT TEETHES WITHIN," and to all of you, my friends. I COULD NOT HAVE THIS LIFE WITHOUT YOU! #ohiopoetlaureateemeritus @kentuckypress.bsky.social
Today is the last day to vote! Please vote for Now Flourish Northern Cardinal. survey.typeform.com/to/Pows6jiE?...
Our Substack features highlights from the @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social conference, with a stage event and signings by many of our authors!Remember, you can request Trio House titles be acquired by your local library so more people can read them! triohousepress.substack.com/p/american-l...
Don’t know who to credit for this. But it is how I feel.
The Reader's Choice Award voting for the Ohio Book Awards is open for four more days. It only takes 30 seconds to vote for my collection, Now Flourish Northern Cardinal (Small Harbor Publishing). survey.typeform.com/to/Pows6jiE?...
Many thanks to Stickman Review for including my poem 5/14/25 from my No Nation-State Wants Its People to Outlive It manuscript in their new issue. stickmanreview.com/V25N1/demare...
5/14/25 by Darren C. Demaree
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My new poem is up at The Los Angeles Review this week:
Many thanks to Scars for including my poem Creek Bed Meditations #12 in their new issue. scars.tv/cgi-bin/work...
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"I’m awarding bonus points for a clever nod to Prufrock in a poem about a sexy selfie," @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social shares in episode 1549. Read "Thirst Trap" by @cdcurtiss.bsky.social, originally published in The Rumpus: bit.ly/4arVm87
Oh hey - guess what? My book launch is now viewable on YouTube! What better time than this little heat wave to stay inside, kick back with a cold drink, and enjoy a few poems. :-) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Icyr...
