Spoons or Rakes
What we need now
is glow –
The sort of night that embers make
The sound in nests
or apples’ shapes
A glow that gives more than it takes
The kind of spoons or rakes
that neighbors love
Those hailing lights from distant shores
that warm the boats
We need the wool of passing years
or more
What holding close does
when so little is near
What we need now
is glow –
The sort of night that embers make
The sound in nests
or apples’ shapes
A glow that gives more than it takes
The kind of spoons or rakes
that neighbors love
Those hailing lights from distant shores
that warm the boats
We need the wool of passing years
or more
What holding close does
when so little is near
An earlier version of this poem appeared in North of Oxford’s Pandemic Poetry Online Anthology.
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When More
What should you do
When bad gathers around to squawk
When fog snakes in
or ledges creak and crack
What can you do to ward off
Or hold tight
or wait out
What’s there to do when all the world votes no
or cuts off escapes
or growls at your heels
What’s left to do
When more just isn’t enough
When apples bite back
or shadows
turn out the lights
The poem first appeared in Better than Starbucks.
Hiram Larew's poems have appeared widely and been nominated for four Pushcarts. His Poetry X Hunger initiative is bringing poets from around the world to the anti-hunger cause (www.PoetryXHunger.com). Find him on Facebook at Hiram Larew, Poet.
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