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Darren C. Demaree
@darrencdemaree.bsky.social
Ohioan. Poet. Librarian.
Join @djvorreyer.bsky.social and I on December 1st for a reading and conversation about Now Flourish Northern Cardinal (Small Harbor Publishing).
November 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Many thanks to the editors of @lamplitmag.bsky.social for including two poems from my All All sequence in their new issue.

So many friends and great pieces in this one. You can read the whole issue here:

lamplit.net/q-issue-numb...
November 15, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Never forget.
November 15, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Tonight (8pm) is the night!

Please join me, @scottwoods.bsky.social, Julia Kolchinsky, and Amanda Nicole Corbin at @twodollarradiohq.bsky.social for the launch of my selected poems collection, Now Flourish Northern Cardinal (Small Harbor Publishing).
November 14, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Tonight!
November 13, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Tomorrow night is the online book launch of Now Flourish Northern Cardinal!
November 12, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Many thanks to the Flint Hills Review for including my poem Emily as Yellow Flowers at the Baptism in their new issue.
November 11, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Shari’s Lemon Sour Cream Blueberry Pie (written in 2018 for @shaindelr.bsky.social ) and if there is a river #55 (written in 2020) from Now Flourish (Small Harbor Publishing).
November 9, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Open for December consultations. Send me a message if you're interested.
November 8, 2025 at 5:42 PM
with and empathy so fatal #52 & #56 (written on the same day in 2020, as this project was written in 7 poem blocks, every day for 12 days) from Now Flourish (Small Harbor Publishing).
November 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Many thanks to the editors of Plainsongs for including my poem Emily as a Blue Canary in their new issue.
November 7, 2025 at 4:28 PM
One week from tonight!
November 7, 2025 at 4:21 PM
One week from tonight!
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Sweet Wolf #1 (written in 2014) and Emily as a Primary Function (written in 2021) from Now Flourish (Small Harbor Publishing).
November 5, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Emily as Measureless (written in 2011) and Emily as a Tré Burt Song (written in 2020) from Now Flourish (Small Harbor Publishing).
November 4, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Emily as I Hold Three of Her Shoes (written in 2008) and translating intimacy in march (written in 2020) from Now Flourish (Small Harbor Publishing).
November 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Today!
November 2, 2025 at 4:35 PM
We Are Arrows #2 (written in 2012) and instead of watching the presidential debate i finally listen to the taylor swift album folklore (written in 2020) from Now Flourish (Small Harbor Publishing).
November 2, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Tomorrow!
November 1, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The Tension Between the Concrete and the Ethereal (written in 2011) and cravings #11 (written in 2022) from Now Flourish (Small Harbor Publishing).
November 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
2 weeks until Now Flourish (book #24) comes out so I’m selling any of these 4 books for $20. Send me a note if you’d like some signed poetry sent your way.
October 30, 2025 at 7:19 PM
It’s here and it everything I hoped it would be. Attaching screen shots of the oldest and newest poems from the selected here for fun. Thank you, Small Harbor Publishing!
October 28, 2025 at 9:50 PM
11/14, 8pm @twodollarradiohq.bsky.social

w/ @scottwoods.bsky.social, Julia Kolchinsky, and Amanda Nicole Corbin.
October 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
This Sunday!
October 27, 2025 at 1:18 PM
It’s here and it’s beautiful, @djvorreyer.bsky.social.
October 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM