all this is both foolish and unnecessary

time until listening to "this year" by the mountain goats this year: 73 hours 54 minutes

Don't miss Sundress authors jason b. crawford and Ching-In Chen at Poets House 30th Showcase Reading on January 15th in NYC! poetshouse.org/event/30th-s...

Many thanks to the editors of Glint for publishing my poem Emily as Run or Tumble in their new issue. glintjournal.wordpress.com/glint-16-dar...

A new poem from Lauren Camp in the new double, Sweet Sixteen issue of @sugarhousereview.bsky.social! 📚🩷 Read the full poem “As Long as I See” here: www.sugarhousereview.com/current-issu...

Many thanks to the editors of Salamander for including two of my Emily as poems in their new issue.

So pleased to have this poem shared by @slowdownshow.org --

The Best of the Net is now officially on BlueSky! Follow them at @bestofthenet.bsky.social!

Pre-orders are now available for Burns, the debut full-length poetry collection by SG Huerta! Save $6 off the cover price when you pre-order now! sundress-publications.square.site/product/burn...

Taking more signed copies to the post office tomorrow. Let me know if you’d like one as well.

Many thanks to the editors of @pinchjournal.bsky.social for the opportunity to talk poetry and Emily as poems. www.pinchjournal.com/blog-posts/d...

Many thanks to the editors of Hawaii Pacific Review for publishing A Ban, A Death #16 from my upcoming Library Poems collection (April Gloaming). hawaiipacificreview.org/2025/12/08/a...

Your tax-deductible donation could give writers and artists an opportunity to produce work at the SAFTA residency! Support a group of writers, a genre of writers, or more! Details at: sundresspublications.wordpress.com/2017/10/05/s...

Hey, All, If you want to help a small, rural animal shelter out, please donate any amount at this link: www.valleygivingguide.org/organization... We are currently at $3,090 in donations, and the shelter an hour away is at $29,025 😬 It would mean a lot 💗

12/14

Many thanks to the editors of pioneertown for including two of my poems in their new release. www.pioneertownlit.com/darren-demaree

people, you have the chance to put my book ahead of Olivia Nuzzi’s on the bestseller list. put aside all other considerations and think how objectively funny this would be. #1, that Mountain Goats guy. #2, Antivax Man Has My Heart. funniest list of the century. We can do this if we try

They’re here! Anyone that would like a signed copy of Now Flourish Northern Cardinal (Small Harbor Publishing) let me know. I’ll send you a copy at the cost of the book $18.

Sundress Publications is open for submissions of full-length prose manuscripts in all genres. All authors are welcome to submit manuscripts during our reading period! Submissions are free from 12/1-12/14! www.sundresspublications.com/submit#prose

If you missed last night with @darrencdemaree.bsky.social, never fear. Below is the link to the video where Darren reads poems from Now Flourish Northern Cardinal @smallharborpub.bsky.social & we talk about mapping a book's shape, being a "lifer,"and the joy of creating. youtu.be/YK0YByjluXE

Tonight is the night!

from So Much More

Preorders are live for White Winged Doves, a Stevie Nicks poetry anthology edited by @collinkelley.bsky.social and Megan Volpert for Madville Publishing. I have a little poem in here about hs me and the song "Dreams" madvillepublishing.com/product/whit...

December 14th, 4pm

One more opening. Send me a note if you're interested.

Monday night!

@darrencdemaree.bsky.social is a prolific and interesting poet. His new book, a selected poems collection from @smallharborpub.bsky.social, is a perfect example of his range, both topical and stylistic. Come hear some poems & a short conversation this Monday! Register at the link below!

Many thanks to the editors of Hare's Paw for including my poem Emily as a Book of Joy in their new issue. www.harespawlitjournal.com/issue-25

Next Monday evening, when the holiday is done and you need something quiet, come listen to @darrencdemaree.bsky.social and I chat as he reads from his new selected poems Now Flourish Northern Cardinal and shares some insights. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Do you have your copy of MOUTH yet? Buy at: www.smallharborpublishing.com/chapbooks/mo...

Have a cup of coffee. Read a book of poems. Your day will be better for it.

from Darren C. Demaree's ( @darrencdemaree.bsky.social ): All All #21 Read the full piece, and another from this beautiful series by Darren in our latest issue, at www.lampLit.net Submissions for our Winter 2026 are open now! #poetry #prose #lamplitmag

Send me a note if you'd like to join me for this end of the year workshop.

Get some @triohousepress.org poetry books for yourself and those on your gift list — free shipping AND BOGO 11/24-28 only! triohousepress.myshopify.com

today is my birthday, and I couldn’t imagine a better way to celebrate than having a new poem out in Burial Magazine! infinite gratitude to Z. H. Gill for giving this one a beautiful home :) 🙏

Got room for one more. Send me a note if you're interested.

Check out these upcoming winter readings for Donna Vorreyer's collection Unrivered! #sundresspublications #poetry #poetryreadings #poetryevents

Many thanks to the editors of Gambling the Aisle for including my poem All All #11 on their site. www.gamblingtheaisle.com/monthly-publ...

Join @djvorreyer.bsky.social and I on December 1st for a reading and conversation about Now Flourish Northern Cardinal (Small Harbor Publishing).

Many thanks to the editors of the White Wall Review for including my poem Emily as the Tumbling Place on their site. whitewallreview.com/emily-as-the...

my second poem in the latest issue of @lamplitmag.bsky.social!!!

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...

Thank you to @lamplitmag.bsky.social editors Jaime Lilley & Michael C for publishing “Straight People (Often) Don’t Get It” in the fall issue. I’m in good company. Shoutout to @toddedillard.bsky.social & @darrencdemaree.bsky.social!! #poetrysky #poetrynews #poem #poetry

Never forget.

JUST RELEASED! ✨ Now Flourish Northern Cardinal: Selected Poems 2005–2025 by Darren C. Demaree gathers two decades of extraordinary work from one of today’s most prolific Ohioan poets. Order your copy today: 👉 smallharborpublishing.com/books/now-flourish-northern-cardinal-by-darren-c-demaree

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).

Join us TODAY for this release reading event! RSVP on facebook or register on zoom: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... See you soon!

It’s Book Day! My selected poems collection, Now Flourish Northern Cardinal (Selected Poems 2005-2025) is officially available! www.smallharborpublishing.com/books/now-fl...

Tonight!

Many thanks to the editors of Packingtown Review for including my poem Emily as The Two Sisters by Théodore Chassérieau in their new issue. www.packingtownreview.com/issues/24/de...