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Hiram Larew @hiramlarew.bsky.social · 1d

My over and over thanks to the Susurrus Team for this. Hiram

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Susurrus @susurrusmag.bsky.social · 1d

🎉Congratulations to our 2026 @sundresspub.bsky.social #BestOfTheNet Nominations! 🎉

Poetry: "Punctuation, Accent, Marks" by Laura Cesarco Eglin; "Taking Up the Cause of Hallelujah" by Jeff Hardin; "a person in my grief group shares about hummingbirds" by Mikey Jones; "Over and Over" by Hiram Larew; "Monarchs" by Gregory Lobas; "Earth Will Curve You to Its Orbit" by Annette Sisson

Fiction: "No Ponyboy" by Faithna Geffrard; "Artificial Intelligence" by Kathleen Reeves

Nonfiction: "Going Back to Miami" by Gustavo Pérez Firmat; "Love in the Time of Dementia" by Cynthia Stock

Photography: Sean Sexton, Kiko Salazar, and Gordon Johnston

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Hiram Larew @hiramlarew.bsky.social · 1d

My over and over thanks to the Susurrus Team for this. Hiram Larew

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Susurrus @susurrusmag.bsky.social · 1d

@susurrusmag.bsky.social's 2026 @sundresspub.bsky.social #BestOfTheNet Nomination in Poetry: "Over and Over" by @hiramlarew.bsky.social

Over and Over — Susurrus

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Hiram Larew @hiramlarew.bsky.social · 6d

Tune in to this important online fundraiser reading.

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Hiram Larew @hiramlarew.bsky.social · 24d

Help us turn Poetry into Food...

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Hiram Larew @hiramlarew.bsky.social · 24d

A good, good newsletter with lots of helpful info.

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Hiram Larew @hiramlarew.bsky.social · 29d

Thanks, Peter. Your Poetry X Hunger poems are helping us Turn Poetry into Food. Yes!

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Peter Lilly Poetry @plpoetry.bsky.social · Sep 6

A reading of my poem "Hermit Crabs" shared by Poetry X Hunger... A wonderful initiative founded by the fantastic poet
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Poetry X Hunger poem by Peter Lilly -- "Hermit Crabs"

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Peter Lilly Poetry @plpoetry.bsky.social · Sep 7

A reading of my poem "Love Starts with Bread & Bandages" for Poetry X Hunger, the wonderful initiative founded by @hiramlarew.bsky.social.

You should subscribe to the new youtube channel and visit their website for all sorts of anti-hunger poems from all around the word
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Poetry X Hunger poet Peter Lilly reads "Love Starts with Bread and Bandages"

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Hiram Larew @hiramlarew.bsky.social · Sep 7

Many thanks, Peter, for sharing your talents with Poetry X Hunger. Hiram

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Hiram Larew @hiramlarew.bsky.social · Aug 17

Reading in Greenbelt, Maryland (USA)

Poet Cliff Lynn (center of the pic) hosted a feature + open mic poetry reading at the New Deal Cafe in historic Greenbelt yesterday. A great time! All funds that I raised as the featured poet will be donated to the Maryland Food Bank.

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Hiram Larew @hiramlarew.bsky.social · Aug 9

New Zealand Radio Interview

Jeremy Roberts, host of the Poetry Live program on Radio Hawkes Bay (104.7 FM) in New Zealand visits for an hour with Larew about poetry. Thanks to Mr. Roberts for this opportunity.

Here's the link to the program -- radiohawkesbay.org.nz/explore-prog...

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Hiram Larew @hiramlarew.bsky.social · Jul 23

Gallery 5 Reading

I joined several other writers and musicians at a jam-packed Gallery 5 session on Sunday in Richmond, VA, USA.

Todd Blair played original pedal steel music alongside my poems. Trey Burnet Hall (in picture) hosted. Thanks to Preston Duncan for making it all possible.

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Hiram Larew @hiramlarew.bsky.social · Jul 16

Poetry and History at Marietta House Museum

A dozen poets are writing about the history of slavery at a historic plantation in Maryland, USA, and their poems will be published over the coming months. The picture is of poets working in the kitchen where slaves prepared meals.

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Hiram Larew @hiramlarew.bsky.social · Jul 15

Poems Appear in Albanian Journal

Poet Irma KURTI translated several of my poems and then arranged for them to be showcased in Albania's Nacional (National) Journal. Included are "Soaked," " Come Closest," "Given Over," and others Many thanks to Ms. KURTI (pictured atop the article) for her magic.

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Hiram Larew @hiramlarew.bsky.social · Jul 13

Thanks for taking the time to write, Maggie. All the best to you. Hiram Larew

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Hiram Larew @hiramlarew.bsky.social · Jul 13

Thanks for taking the time to write, Oread. Wishing you and your poetry all the best. Hiram

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Samantha Terrell @samanthaterrell.bsky.social · Feb 17

Not sure if this is allowed for #lifttothesky I need to lift SO MANY: Paul Brookes, Jane Cornwell, Susan Richardson, Damien Donnelly, Alan Perry :), Rhona Greene, Hiram Larew, Lawrence Moore, David O'Nan, A.R. Williams, Jendi Reiter, Roger Hare, Naomi Foyle, Elizabeth Bates, PatriciaOsborne ❤️

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Hiram Larew @hiramlarew.bsky.social · Jul 5

Want to support Poetry X Hunger? And listen to some fine poetry?

Poet Laureate of Suffolk County, New York (USA), Chip Williford, is graciously donating all sale proceeds from sales of his poem, "Tick Tock," on the FuWiMu site to Poetry X Hunger.

Wow!

Here's Chip's poem -- lnkd.in/e-FEinET

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Hiram Larew @hiramlarew.bsky.social · Jul 5

Hot Off the Press

Poetry X Hunger is featured in What's Up? Annapolis Magazine's July 2025 issue. Read the article to learn more about the work and its impacts.

Thanks to the magazine's editors and to article's writer, Janice Booth, for this showcase.

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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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Hiram Larew @hiramlarew.bsky.social · Jul 1

Thanks to Editor Newman of Hidden Peaks Press for this wink. Hiram Larew

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Given Over

Just once and in the spirit of whatever winks please help me create a dearly different religion Steeped in hoot toot and with whistling almighties All given over unto and believed in with heavens u…

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Hiram Larew @hiramlarew.bsky.social · Jul 1

Thanks to Editor Newman of Hidden Peaks Press for this wink. Hiram Larew

hiddenpeakpress.com/2025/06/30/h...

Given Over

Just once and in the spirit of whatever winks please help me create a dearly different religion Steeped in hoot toot and with whistling almighties All given over unto and believed in with heavens u…

hiddenpeakpress.com

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Hiram Larew @hiramlarew.bsky.social · Jun 30

Thanks to curators Kim and Jon for assembling this gang of poets for Pride Month. Hiram

Hiram Larew @hiramlarew.bsky.social · Jun 23

Thanks, Reginald. Keep going!

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Hiram Larew @hiramlarew.bsky.social · Jun 22

"We’re proud to feature Three Poems by Hiram Larew, a celebrated voice in contemporary poetry. Author of seven collections and founder of Poetry X Hunger, Larew brings language to life with urgency and grace."

-- M. Ganjavi, Editor, Asemana

Poems -- substack.com/home/post/p-...

Three Poems by Hiram Larew

Hiram Larew is the author of seven poetry collections, including This Much Very (2025), and founder of Poetry X Hunger, with work appearing in Contemporary American Voices and Poetry Scotland.

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