Today's Poem: "Your Other Life" by Hiram Larew
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By Flapper Press Poetry Café:
The Flapper Press Poetry Café continues its series called TODAY'S POEM, highlighting one poem per article—that's right, just one—from poets from around the world.
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For our latest Today's Poem selection, we return to one of our favorite poets and writers, Hiram Larew!
Hiram Larew founded the informal Poetry X Hunger initiative in 2017 as a way to bring two areas of interest—poetry and hunger prevention—together. Upon retiring from the U.S. Department of Agriculture where he helped guide international agriculture programs, he noticed that relatively little poetry about hunger was available. Believing in the power of poetry to touch hearts and minds, he launched Poetry X Hunger as a way to encourage poets to write about hunger.
Your Other Life
You will outlive you
beyond all memory or lakes
in bunches of grapes
in every raking tune and brimming
You will be maybe.
You will outlive you again and again
as travelers know
as moss whispers Go
as rusted leaves blow
to truly.
In every bundle of rain
or trains in the hills
with every still that’s alive.
You will outlive you entirely
behind closing eyes
behind all the tries
and as wide loves all wides
You will become pies glowing.
From the poet:
This poem, which first appeared in Next Page Ink, was written with that sense of mortality that we all share. But also with an up-curl of gratitude at its end for all that has been offered and given. And hey, don't we all consider pies some of our very best friends? I surely do!
About the audio recording:
UK musician, songwriter, and friend Warwick Jones graciously composed and plays the background music in the recording.
For more info on Larew's poetry, visit www.HiramLarewPoetry.com and to learn more about Poetry X Hunger's worldwide work to turn poetry into food, check out www.PoetryXHunger.com.
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