Hiram Larew May 2024
Listen to this poem read by the author on Soundcloud here.
I’ve often wondered
What it would be like
To be the kind of smart that’s dumb
To talk math on rush hour corners
Or to be a child laughing to herself
On big steps
With her eyes down
To even be steam shooting sideways
From just above --
So smart that you nearly hiss
As I get older I can’t see as well
Up the river
Or overhead to the billboards
But I do feel better
Knowing that somehow
Someone just ahead has figured out how
To stack up
Too many pipes on his shoulder.
Hiram Larew's poetry appears widely including in Iowa Review, Poetry Scotland's Gallus, West Trade Review, Rhino, and Honest Ulsterman. His sixth collection, Patchy Ways, was released by CyberWit Press in 2023. And, as founder of Poetry X Hunger, he's encouraging poets worldwide to join the anti-hunger cause. www.HiramLarewPoetry.com and www.PoetryXHunger
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