News and Blog - Poetry X Hunger

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9/14/2025

Young Poets Perform!

9/14/2025

Poetry X Hunger is a proud partner on this good Growerty Project at Uganda's Presbyterian Junior School in Uganda. The project is overseen by SCINE-Sustainable Community Initiative for Empowerment and Seed Programs International. Watch three students perform their poetry together. Yes!
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Poetry X Hunger Featured in Magazine

9/3/2025

What's Up Annapolis Magazine in Maryland, USA, featured a fine article by Janice Booth in the August 2025 issue. Here's the link.

The Story of Overcoming Hunger One Poem at a Time - What's Up? Media

Thanks to Janice and to the editors. Artwork below by Diane Wilbon Parks.

Poetry X Hunger Visits with Rotary

8/26/2025

The Rotary Club of Parole, Maryland (USA) invited Larew and poet, Diane Wilbon Parks to discuss Poetry X Hunger at the Club's monthly breakfast meeting today. In the photo, Ms. Park's is reading her Poetry X Hunger poetry as part of the morning's presentation. Larew spent time describing how the initiative aligns with Rotary's focus on local and global service. Thanks to the Club's leader, Flora Bartek, for the invitation.

Here's the link on Facebook to some of the program's content --This week's speakers for... - The Rotary Club of Parole (Annapolis) | Facebook

More News from Uganda

8/12/2025

The first of what we hope will be several Poetry X Hunger school clubs has launched at Eden High School near Kampala, Uganda. With the guidance of Arionzi Clinton's AaP Agrifood initiative), several students recently celebrated their poetry and new club t-shirts.

Here's to using poetry to fight hunger anywhere and everywhere.

Poems from Uganda's Eden High School

7/26/2025

Arionzi Clinton, Founder of the youth-led AaP Agri-Food initiative in Gayaza Kampala, Uganda, has shared recordings of remarkable poems by three students at Eden High School. Thanks to the teacher, Ms. Racheal, for guiding the students as they wrote their poems. (Picture is of Mr. Clinton and students.)

Treat yourself to tuning in. You may need to adjust the volume.

Here are the links --

1. Hunger of those without, poem by Kasule King David

2: The mouth of the world, Poem by Byamugisha Maxwel

3: Hunger in karamoja, Poem by Asia Balikowa, Eden High School Uganda.

An Easy Way to Support Poetry X Hunger

7/5/2025

Want to support Poetry X Hunger? And listen to some fine poetry?

Poet Laureate of Suffolk County, New York (USA), Chip Williford (pictured), is graciously donating all sale proceeds from sales of his poem, "Tick Tock," on the FuWiMu site to Poetry X Hunger.

Wow!

Here's Chip's poem -- https://lnkd.in/e-FEinET

Liminal Spaces and Poetry X Hunger

7/2/2025

The Arts Lab of South County (Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA) has released Volume 2 of Liminal Spaces: A Collection of Poetry-Infused Art.

The collection is stunning.

As with Volume 1, a share of the proceeds from sales of the collection will be donated to Poetry X Hunger. Yes!

Volume 2 showcases co-created work by the Lab-sponsored Words on Thirds Poetry group members and visual artists. (Artist Lora Moran-Collins and poet George Miller collaborated on the piece above, Cacophony.)

Nancy Murray edited the collection. As she says, "The right word, the right image can pierce our thick hides and bring us closer together through common experience."

Here's more info on the collection -- LIMINAL SPACES| Arts Lab of South County

Young Poets Writing Against Hunger

5/29/2025

Writing Against Hunger | West Side Campaign Against Hunger

Very exciting news! The West Side Campaign Against Hunger (WSCAH) in New York City has just announced the winners of the 2025 Writing Against Hunger contest (see link above). The contest showcases the poetic talents of several "next generation" anti-hunger advocates. Watch for their work to appear on Poetry X Hunger's Young! page. In the meantime, here's a link to many of the winners reading their work -- (10) Congratulations to all of our... - West Side Campaign Against Hunger | Facebook

In the meantime, thanks to Kira Garfinkel and the rest of the WSCAH team as well as the contest judges -- poets Truth Thomas, Maritza Rivera and Judy Turek -- for making Writing Against Hunger possible. Poetry X Hunger is a proud WSCAH partner.

Tamarind Festival and Poetry X Hunger

5/25/2025

Poetry X Hunger poet, Faith Nelson, organized the Tamarind Festival of Caribbean and Diaspora Authors in Hyattsville, MD on May 24, 2025. During the event, she recognized Poetry X Hunger and its work to alleviate hunger using the power of poetry. Several on-the-spot donations were made to Poetry X Hunger.

Thanks to Faith and the other fine authors for sharing their work, insights and commitment. The pic is of Ms. Nelson and Larew at the Festival.