"In Service": Poet Hiram Larew Offers Assurance

"Citizen Soldier" mixed media, Deborah & Jim Meehan

Editor's Note: Writers were asked to respond to the theme of "service' as part of Studio B Art Gallery's "In Service" project sponsored by a grant from the Berks County Community Foundation.

by Hiram Larew*

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.

"Your Other Life" first appeared in Next Page Ink.

*Hiram Larew's poems have appeared widely. As founder of Poetry X Hunger, he's bringing a world of poets to the anti-hunger cause. www.HiramLarewPoetry.com and www.PoetryXHunger.com

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