Description:
A collection of poetry inspired by a photograph taken by Alina Stefanescu.
Review Quotes:
"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 one ending with a plea just to be."
- Donna Vorreyer, author of Unrivered
"A slice of cake sitting perfectly on a plate, a heavy question hanging unanswered, a breath full of memories, the blue feathers on the belly of the world, the perfection of milk and honey and morning together-it's all here, right in reach and waiting to be consumed."- Jack B. Bedell, author of Ghost Forest
"Demaree invents a form which ends with a shifting refrain: 'Be time with me.' 'Be the first step away with me.' 'Be real salt with me.' The result is a linked series rife with uncertainties, absences, blooms, and burials. One feels compelled to sing each final refrain aloud, in harmony with other lost souls. Be known with me."
- Erica Reid, author of Ghost Man on Second