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Hunger is a worldwide scourge. 
​This section includes poems recently written by poets from around the world.   

Poem by Guy Chambers

5/16/2021

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Sheltering
                                                              an ear whisper
                                                              beyond means
                                                              seemly out just
                                                              for the hurting

                                                  skin to the bones
                                                  knowing to the lone
                                                  dry eyes
                                                  not much to see
                                                  lonely cry
                                                  within a sigh

                                                      sheltering endless pain
                                                      in a plentiful world

                                                              an ear whisper
                                                              through the alley
                                                              ghostly ashes
                                                              in the trash

                                                  fingernails scraping
                                                  in the dumpster
                                                  for a mouse nibbling
                                                  in the spoiling 

                                                     sheltering endless pain
                                                     in a plentiful world

                                                             an ear whisper
                                                             a child staring at the chalkboard
                                                             strain veins
                                                             breathing weak
                                                             enduring fatigue
                                              
                                              wishful
                                              for a bellyful

                                                     sheltering endless pain
                                                     in a plentiful world

                                                             an ear whisper
                                                             outsight in the moonlight
                                                             dusk in in the footsteps
                                                             tears in silence

                                                  darkness settle in
                                                  of many
                                                  tells it all
                                                  written on the wall

                                                     sheltering endless pain
                                                     in a plentiful world

                                                            an ear whisper
                                                            impose damned
                                                            bare hand 
                                                            reach out
                                                           for hand outs

                                                  belittle muffle 
                                                  face without meaning
                                                  to what ends

                                                     sheltering endless pain
                                                     in a plentiful world

                                                                     why
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Guy Chambers  living out at North Cooking Lake Alberta. Has two books published called “Flying Kites in the Moonlight” and “The Theater” a story told in poetry about homeless ​

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Poem by Brenda Gunn

5/8/2021

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Still Life

              She showed up late
              for picture day
              eyebrows shaved
              ratty toque pulled low
Do you want to take it off? I asked.
For the photo?
No
               she pulled it lower with both fists
My sister tortures me
               hiss-whispered
               between savage gulps
               of milkless instant oatmeal
from a tiny pack stashed in a locked drawer
              in the school office
That’s four times this week the secretary sniffed
              as if there’s a moratorium
              on food instability
      I don’t ask if this one knows where auntie is or if
      uncle still finds her and her little sister fake-sleeping
      under T-shirt blankets on the couch
              She tried to hide
              the circle seared into her palm
              the scratches on her knees
              from the cat,
              or so she said
              last time
Is there any more?
A note from the poet -- As an elementary school teacher of 33 years, I was often confronted with kids/families living with food insecurity. Ask any elementary teacher, and they will show you a snack drawer/closet/cupboard stocked with granola bars, oatmeal, beef jerky, crackers, etc. usually purchased with their own money, for hungry students. This poem is a reflection of that all-too-common situation. ​
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Since retiring in 2017, Brenda's immersion in family research inspired a collection of poetry based on her paternal ancestry. A proud member of the Edmonton Stroll of Poets and the Parkland Poet's Society, her work has been published in Canadian journals and anthologies. Brenda is completing a certificate in creative writing and is at work on a second collection of poems. ​

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Poem by Doreena Jennings

5/3/2021

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The Capuchin Day Centre

It’s Wednesday morning

and the queue on Bow Street
gets longer year on year - a family
with two children wait in line
for the blue bag from brother Kevin. 
Bread, butter, beans and more - their home,
a hotel room, two bus rides away. 
Yet somehow this place, is just enough
to put a half smile back on a mothers face,
on these dirty Dublin streets.
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Doreena is from Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin,
Ireland and has been writing from the age of twelve.
Her writing is like a diary, reflecting life’s ever-changing emotional landscape. She is a member of the award winning ‘Carlow Writers Co-op’. 

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