clawing at the grounded moon

Praise for Darren C. Demaree

“In clawing at the grounded moon, [we] finally crescendo into desperation for something greater before our universal end. Reliving the tender image of placing grapes on the moon as the apocalypse looms, I believe it’s possible we can find it before those grapes become stones.”
-Nicole Oquendo, author of we, animals and The Antichrist and I.

“Each piece in this collection allows a tiny glimpse into a world gone astray. Hopeful and haunting, eerie and prescient, this collection is fiercely its own. Demaree’s work here is beautiful, chaotic, heartbreaking, and, ultimately, a triumph.”
-Chloe N. Clark, author of Collective Gravities and Escaping the Body

“These strange, beautiful moments are exactly what I love about Darren’s writing; his concise turns of phrase, perfect staccato portions, are another shining entry in his oeuvre. A fantastic collection.”
-Kolleen Carney Hoepfner, author of A Live Thing, Clinging with Many Teeth

“Darren C. Demaree’s clawing at the grounded moon is, at once, dangerous and seductive, both love letter and warning sign. The collection of prose poetry explores the moon’s myriad modes: as poetic symbol, as the ocean’s heartbeat, as dusty rock, as celestial being of worship, and as terrestrial threat as it crashes into the Midwest and begets cults, witchery, sex & destruction.
-John LaPine, author of An Unstable Container