Darren C. Demaree - poem: here is there. The tree. Russell Lee - photograph: creek winding across a dry, stony bed through scrubland.

Trampoline Poetry

With over 20 years of writing under his belt, former SAFTA resident Darren C. Demaree breaks down his poetic style, themes, and inspirations with Sundress intern Rachel Bulman. In an interview based o...

Summer 2026

Praise for Darren C. Demaree “In Darren C. Demaree's Got There: Poems on Vanishing, the title implies arrival, but the poems are a journey, each one traveling to bring the speaker closer to rest, each...

It’s a slight flare, her surrendering to no one, ever.

This post is a writing workshop's nightmare, honestly.

by Darren C. Demaree  Emily as the Fox Smiles Forget how delicious my heart must be.  She’s been feasting on it in public  to confer importance, but mostly because  she knows some of…

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Creek Bed Meditations #24 Is it so simple as to be if we touch the world the world can no longer exist in the same way? I have to really think to remember we have a natural history as well. The Eas…

Praise for Darren C. Demaree “In Darren C. Demaree's Got There: Poems on Vanishing, the title implies arrival, but the poems are a journey, each one traveling to bring the speaker closer to rest, each...