Rose DeMaris was born and raised in Southern California and earned a BA in literature at UC San Diego. She spent many years in Montana, where she earned MAs in both English and Native American studies. She is an MFA candidate at Columbia University, where she teaches.

Aspen, Trembling

A Poem

by Rose DeMaris

Lambent as lunar matter,
damp and tangled under dirt,
humming huskily beneath

a stand of aspen trees,
the one true aspen breathes,
births clone after clone.
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