I read about a call for poems about World Food Day with inspiring, forward-looking messages against hunger. You can read more about it on Laura Shoven’s blog if you are interested. I’m drafting a poem here for the Poetry Marathon.
Quivering, savage, ravaging pain
Intolerable, mean, and fierce
Hunger hollowing inside–
But a just full world can
drive off hunger’s pangs
Honest eating
to recharge.
Aching
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Great nonet, and such a worthy cause. I like how you showed the transition from the pain of hunger (great visceral use of adjectives!) to the possibilities of that hunger going away.