EMILY AS THE MORNING LIGHT SIDES WITH HER

There was one Ohio
day that didn’t begin
until nearly ten

because Emily didn’t
want the always-love
to begin without her.

By Darren C. Demaree

Biography:

I am the author of six poetry collections, most recently “Many Full Hands Applauding Inelegantly” (2016, 8th House Publishing). I am the Managing Editor of the Best of the Net Anthology and Ovenbird Poetry.