Darren C. Demaree
Emily as We Put Paintings on the Floor
Ungloved, a hand
can be our only art,
even if we blink
& even if we blink
if will still be art
if it’s holding the slant
against another hand.
If we lean on
the world
& the world removes
itself, the physics
of our coupling
will be test only.
That doesn’t mean
it won’t be beautiful.
can be our only art,
even if we blink
& even if we blink
if will still be art
if it’s holding the slant
against another hand.
If we lean on
the world
& the world removes
itself, the physics
of our coupling
will be test only.
That doesn’t mean
it won’t be beautiful.
Biography
Darren C. Demaree is the author of fourteen poetry collections, most recently Unfinished Murder Ballads (October 2020, 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. Find him on Twitter: @d_c_demaree
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