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across the hunger prevention landscape, including groups that work primarily in the US and those that focus on hunger over seas; https://alliancetoendhunger.org ● Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) — as administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is the federal government’s food assistance program (formerly called food stamps); www.fns.usda.gov/snap/supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program Hiram Larew is a retired food security specialist. He founded Po - etry X Hunger to bring poetry to the cause of preventing and elimi- nating hunger. His latest book of poems, Patchy Ways , was published in 2023 by CyberWit Press.
So yes, more and more poets are stepping up and speaking out about all aspects of hunger. And, they are being heard. Is there more to do? Yes, of course there is. As long as hunger exists, we’ll need to continue to fight it. Until that Hunger-Free Day occurs, Poetry X Hun- ger will be there to prove poetry has a role to play in the struggle — to help raise awareness, to encourage donations, and to change people’s minds and hearts. Join us! Write, Read or Share a Poem about Hunger. And as you have a chance, pause for a moment on October 16 — World Food Day — to consider the importance of food, water and other life essentials. Here are some links to more information about World Food Day and to organizations that are fighting hunger wherever it occurs. ● World Food Day — official website, www.fao.org/world-food-day/en/ ● Blue Ridge Area Food Bank — serves 25 counties and 8 cities on either side of the Blue Ridge through distribution centers in Charlottesville, Lynchburg, Winchester and Verona; www.brafb.org/ ● United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization — works globally on all aspects of agriculture, food security, and hunger. FAO Publications offer useful worldwide overviews; www.fao.org/home/en ● Bread for the World — a faith-focused organization, works in the U.S. and overseas to end hunger. Bread’s website includes lots of useful background info; www.bread.org ● The Alliance to End Hunger — a collective of organizations from
Celebrate World Food Day by taking a look at a poem or two on the Poetry X Hunger website! Here’s one example of such a poem, published on the Poetry X Hunger website. (A live reading by the poet is available online.) CHARGE By Christina Daub
After the lion finishes grooming his singular body with rough licks, after the porcupine waddles away, after night devours the sun, the dark tail twitches, new scents worry the air, the lion stops resting under his rock, his large claws scraping the dust. Hunger moves with the pride. It leaps and drags, and chews until the bones dry inside. A lion may outrun a goat, or not. Hunger is outrunning the earth.
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