What if fruit got left out too long
…….for love of course but better?
And what if cabbage was put down into jars as
…….children grab swings
…….but tart as well
…….and lids at last?
What if summers all walked back in time
…….like soured milk perhaps for years and years
…….to froth?
And what if our joys
…….turned into this and more —
…….as worlds of fresh
…….were made to change?
And opened crocks brewed such sour grins
…….for peering in?
What if worlds were swirled around
…….inside
With stirs and stirs
…….so every spoon
…….could imagine wonders
…….soon to be?
Hiram Larew reads his poem “Ferment”
Hiram’s latest poetry collection, Mud Ajar, is published by Atmosphere Press and is available here.
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This poem first appeared in Flapper Press.
(Photo: Art Siegel/flickr.com/ CC BY-SA 2.0)
- Ferment by Hiram Larew - February 17, 2022