Diane Melby
Salon for Creative Expression


STAYCATION
This August the Salon is on a mini-vacation, a staycation if you will. Hiram Larew joined us in July to share information about eliminating hunger through poetry. Information on how to get involved is available by following the links below.
Hiram stays with us in August, bringing new poetry showcased by The Sunflower Collective. You can read "Clapping Ears" below and enjoy all five poems in the showcase: https://sunflowercollective.blogspot.com/2026/07/new-poetry-hiram-larew.html

Clapping Ears
If moss is a pal
And pie a heart
And if mud times two
Is a song that starts
From scratch
Then what to do
With such luck
What to do
In handstand time
With ears that clap
For rhyming play
And who is who and what will be
With open shirts that climb
To sights sky blue
To beyond
And if all of that says Come on!
Don’t not
And trees recline
With every line
Then there it is
Stop to go
Head or toe
Like grateful
All to say that when weeds come true
And want the world to know
Forever
Then more and new
And love yes go --
Is just as much
As every handsome echo
Isn’t it.
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