Lots is happening at the SHINE poetry desk: 🎇SHINE Quarterly, Issue 8 comes out Friday 🎇SHINE is officially launching SIPS (poetry) Press 🎇SIPS Press announces Hiram Larew as our 1st author Stay tuned!!! #poetry #poetrynews #shinepoetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #internationalcommunity
Hiram Larew
@hiramlarew.bsky.social
Poet. Newest collection, "This Much Very," was published in 2025 by Alien Buddha Press. Founder of Poetry X Hunger -- bringing a world of poets to the anti-hunger cause. HiramLarewPoetry.com and PoetryXHunger.com
The final episode of The Poetry Place program on UK's West Wilts Radio is hosted by Dawn Gorman and Peter O'Grady (pictured). Larew reads two poems starting at minute 29. -- westwiltsradio.com/.../the-poet...
Elizabeth Gracen of Flapper Press re-showcased Annie Newcomer's 2021 interview with Larew. Three of his poems are included in the article. Thanks to Elizabeth for all that she does to promote poetry and poets. Here's her posting on Facebook -- www.facebook.com/flapperpress...
Five poems featured on The Sunflower Collective.... sunflowercollective.blogspot.com/2026/07/new-... Clapping Ears If moss is a pal And pie a heart And if mud times two Is a song that starts From scratch Then what to do With such luck...
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Photo by Agnishwar Sinha Clapping Ears If moss is a pal And pie a heart And if mud times two Is a song th...
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We welcome Hiram Larew in July's Salon for Creative Expression @ www.dianemelby.com. Visit the Salon to listen to his essay and read his poem, "Bread in Hand;" then visit the Poetry x Hunger website to consider submitting your work. -- Poet Diane Melby
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Diane Melby and the Salon for Creative Expression is a space where the artists representing the literary, visual, and performing arts come together to share their work.
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Thank you to @hiramlarew.bsky.social for sharing the origin of his poem, "Magic" (first published in Orbis), as well as his collaboration with ASL translator Eric Epstein! chloeyelenamiller.substack.com/p/poems-orig...
I recently spent a week away at Graves Mill Farm in Madison, VA. Thanks so much to Kemp and Tommy Hill, Shannon Carter and all of the others who made this chance to write and refresh possible. Here's to the rolling hills of farmland!
I can't wait to be on & moderate the panel How to Organize a Short Collection w/ Teri Ellen Cross Davis, @hiramlarew.bsky.social & @zachpowers.bsky.social at The Washington Writers Conference tomorrow! See you there? www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/page/the-202...
Spring Reappearances... "Clatter," reappeared in Phoenix Book's 2026 Poetry Downtown Rutland (VT) project. Thanks to Bianca Zanella. . Fixed and Free Quarterly reprinted "Country Stores," Vol 5(1) Spring 2026. The poem was first in Live Encounters. Thanks to Dr. Billy Brown for this support.
Thanks to the Eastern Shore Writers Association team for welcoming Poetry X Hunger to their Bay to Ocean Writers Conference. Tina Daub and I (pictured at the Poetry X Hunger table) met lots of fine writers, re-connected with many friend ... and raised 200 dollars for Feed the Children. Yes1
Already missing AWP? Register for the @dcwriterscon.bsky.social in May (hosted by @wirobooks.bsky.social). I look forward to being on a panel with Teri Ellen Cross Davis, @hiramlarew.bsky.social and @zachpowers.bsky.social!
Editor Mansour Noorbakhsh and the folks at Asemana Books have included Larew's poetry in this al-too-timely anthology. Thanks to them.
"River Road -- The Anthology" (2-volumes) is out. Wow! Thanks to the editors at Emerald Literary Guild Press in Oregon for showcasing poems from their longstanding reading series. I'm pleased to have 4 poems included. Here's more info -- emeraldliteraryguild.org/river-road-t...
My gratitude to Stazja McFadyen of Poets for Human Rights for including "Clatter" in the St. Valentine's Day 2026 Mini-Anthology. Here's an audio recording of the poem -- soundcloud.com/hiram-larew/... This poem first appeared in 21st Century Flow.
My gratitude to Stazja McFadyen of Poets for Human Rights for including "Clatter" in the St. Valentine's Day 2026 Mini-Anthology. soundcloud.com/hiram-larew/... This poem first appeared in 21st Century Flow.
From Chesapeake Charities... One of our funds, Poetry X Hunger, is featured in What’s Up magazine! The story, titled "The Story of Overcoming Hunger One Poem at a Time," highlights how poetry can be a powerful tool in raising awareness about hunger. 👉 Read the full story: rebrand.ly/szjuvhe
The Story of Overcoming Hunger One Poem at a Time
Many volunteer organizations in our state work to feed the hungry. Maryland-based Poetry X Hunger (PXH) is one of those organizations drawing on what they have to give—poetry—in the monumental task of...
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Editor John Hopper has published the poem, "Your Other Life," in 100subtexts Magazine's Issue 41 along with the link to Warwick Jones's music. Here's the relevant link -- payhip.com/b/BOPXA
Editor John Hopper has published the poem, "Your Other Life," in 100subtexts Magazine's Issue 41 along with the link to Warwick Jones's music. Here's the relevant link -- payhip.com/b/BOPXA
Poetry Leader Diane Melby showcased Warwick Jones's musical rendition of the poem, "Just Imagine" on her Creative Expressions Salon site. The posting is here -- www.dianemelby.com/latest-issue. Thanks so much to Diane for all that she does for poets and poetry.
Jen Minotti edits The Journal of Expressive Writing. Thanks to her for recently including the poem "This Darling World" in the Journal. Here's the link -- www.journalofexpressivewriting.com/post/this-da...
This Darling World
By Hiram Larew — The cream of my existence, the peach of my dreams, the very plush of my being and love-filled soap suds. My found at last, my been
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Triple thanks to Susurrus: A Literary Arts Magazine of the American South for nominating "Over and Over" for a Pushcart, a Best of the Net and a Monarch Queer Literary award.
@susurrusmag.bsky.social's @pushcartprize.bsky.social nomination for poetry: “Over and Over” by Hiram Larew (@hiramlarew.bsky.social)
Over and Over — Susurrus
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Poem Set to Music British songwriter, Warwick Jones, performs Larew's love poem, "Just Imagine." soundcloud.com/hiram-larew/...
Just Imagine M3 (Hiram Larew & Warwick Jones)
A song sung, with music by Warwick Jones. He sings Hiram Larew's poem, Just Imagine.
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2026 Lunar Calendar A in previous years, the 2026 edition of the Lunar Calendar includes a poem by Larew. Produced for 50 years by Luna Press of Boston, the Calendar has become a must-have treasure for those who love the moon and its phases. Copies can be ordered here -- www.thelunapress.com
The Manor Mill Poetry Series in Monkton, MD is worth checking out. Last night's gathering (40-50 folks) was hosted by poet Mel Edden. Very enjoyable. One result -- I've sent a 115 US dollar donation to Poetry X Hunger which represents proceeds from sales of calendars and my poetry collections.
The Manor Mill Poetry Series in Monkton, MD is worth checking out. Last night's gathering (40-50 folks) was hosted by poet Mel Edden. Very enjoyable. One result -- I've sent a 115 US dollar donation to Poetry X Hunger which represents proceeds from sales of calendars and my poetry collections.