robert demaree
TATTOO Robert Demaree is the author of four collections of poems,
including Fathers and Teachers (2007) and Mileposts (2009), both published by
Beech River Books. The winner of the 2007 Conway, N.H., Library Poetry Award, he
is a retired school administrator with ties to North Carolina, Pennsylvania and
New Hampshire, where he lives four months of the year. He has had over 450 poems
published or accepted by 100 periodicals, including Cold Mountain Review, Red
Wheelbarrow, Homestead Review, Pirene’s Fountain, Drown in My Own Fears and
Paris/Atlantic, and in four anthologies including the 2008 and 2010 editions of
Poet’s Guide to New Hampshire and Celebrating Poets over 70. He lives in
Burlington, N.C. and Wolfeboro, N.H., USA. For further information see http://www.demareepoetry.blogspot.com
The lifeguards were talking about tattoos.
She knew what she wanted, one said,
And where it ought to go:
Love conquers all, in Latin.
It was reversible, she thought,
But that came,
Like many things in life,
With imperfections
And at great cost.