Demons: Poems, Volume 2, 1997-2011. 2nd Edition.

What lives in the parts of ourselves we don't examine too closely?

Daimonia collects the darker syllogies of this ongoing poetic cycle — long-form sequences including "Requiem," "Klimax," "Rap," "Faith No More," and "Demons" — alongside a selection of shorter poems written between 1997 and 2011. Where other volumes in the cycle move toward reconciliation, Daimonia stays longer in the dark: confronting obsession, despair, rage, and the demons, psychological and otherwise, that shadow any honest account of a life.

Blending confessional intensity with formal ambition, these poems draw on religious and mythological imagery to give shape to experiences that resist easy naming. This second edition adds a full appendix and necessary revisions.

For readers of confessional poetry, dark lyricism, and long-form verse unafraid of difficult emotional territory.

Vol. 1: Life As We Know It. 2001-2026.
Vol. 2: Daimonia. 1997-2011.
Vol. 3: Tetralogy I. The Woods, The Desert, The Sea, The Stars. 2004-2008.
Vol. 4: Chaos & Order. 1999-2020.
Vol. 5: Qaddish. A Meditation on the Nature of Divinity. 2023.
Vol. 6: Meditations on the End. 1995-2025.
Vol. 7: Poems with Rhyming Parts. 2001-2006.
Vol. 8: Nowhere Place. 2004-2010.
Vol. 9: One Moment in Time. 2008-2021.
Vol. 10: Tetralogy II, Part I. The Road, The Garden. 2009-2024.
Vol. 11: Futures Past. 2020–2026.
Vol. 12: Sturm & Drang. Early German Poems. 1991-1998.
Vol. 13: Tetralogy II, Part II. The City, The Ruins. 2026-2028.

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