Angelic
I am of you very --
harked and widely
truly hovered
raised on twirls and wonders
My arms above are lifted towards you
over flowing
And my heart is truly spread
or split or stirred upon you
beyond unending pieces
I am wings as much as
all above you
above what may be surely
I blaze upon your eyes that say
how flames may fling
as must our moths
On fizzling air arrive
and forward as can rise
I fly unto you
I am of you ever
in swept up breath
on shuddering time
as if you will me purely --
So radiantly scattered by
or lifted high to craze
For I am come to you as trumpets
and through you always
as if for wings to be or tell
in any sky
of you for you alone
Angelic -- This poem first appeared in Empyrean Literary Magazine.
Summertime
Fold up the table
and chairs
Pack up to go
It’s time
The crowd is thinning out fast
and the parking lot field is emptying
So unplug everything
Take down the flag
Zip the snacks back into bags
And make sure everything else is put away in boxes
Wave goodbye
Step over there to shake hands and mention next week
Start to leave and then
Look back to double check
that nothing’s left behind
Soaked
Fame must be like driving
in a downpour
or squinting through it --
trying to see
what’s what at night
with no one else around
but loudly.
Or maybe being well known means in fact that
wet shirts finally feel normal.
Maybe in fact if you suddenly do get the chills
from all the headlines
then those shivers will cause you to
simply say Well thank you.
Truth be told acclaim is probably like when creeks flood
your low ground
and trees and dogs are just laughing
from dry above
as you float by
waving.
Yes, popularity must be like her basement smells --
special and forever --
long after your granny turns in her ticket
for good.
Soaked -- The poem first appeared in Poetry Catalog.
Bio — Founder of Poetry X Hunger: Bringing a World of Poets to the Anti-Hunger Cause, Larew has had poems appear in recent issues of West Trade Review, Contemporary American Voices and The Iowa Review. His most recent collection, Patchy Ways, was published in 2023 by CyberWit Press. www.HiramLarewPoetry.com and www.PoetryXHunger.com. A 2-minute video of a poem being magically translated into American Sign Language — Eric Epstein’s American Sign Language Interpretation of Larew’s Poem, “Magic” – YouTube