Emily as a Rebellious Question
Darren Demaree
I have often dug holes
in the extract
of love’s lit compromise
& once all those orbits
slide to jelly around my wrist
I find the wobble all that
more endearing. So, let’s call
it a warm universe, why
do I only submit to her?
Darren 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. He is the author of seventeen poetry collections, most recently 'clawing at the grounded moon' (August 2022, April Gloaming). Additionally, he is the Editor in Chief of the Best of the Net Anthology and Managing Editor of Ovenbird Poetry. He is currently living and writing in Columbus, Ohio with his wife and children.