Emily as I Consider the Audience

Darren C. Demaree’s poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Hotel Amerika, Diode, North American Review, and elsewhere. He is the author of fifteen poetry collections, most recently Burning It Down (2020, 8th House Publishing); editor in chief of the Best of the Net Anthology; and managing editor of Ovenbird Poetry. He currently lives and writes in Columbus, Ohio, with his wife and children.