Conjure

Hiram Larew

Pretend that there’s a symphony behind this

Pretend there’s a wide-open humming window right here

or a whistle weaving in and out with the passing trees --

those kind of sounds

Imagine that there’s a color background

the springtime kind that can’t wait to be touched

A color so clear that it sees around corners

Imagine that

Or conjure all of this

while recalling the smell of an afternoon corn-storm

which is what happens when highs and lows collide

inside such confined vistas

And with fields in mind

wonder what would it be like to have

all of this carried away by crows

or wished for

eyes closed

over the picnic cake

Larew's fourth collection, Undone (FootHills Publishing) appeared in 2018. He leads an initiative to bring poetry to the anti-hunger cause -- PoetryXHunger.com. He can be found on Facebook at Hiram Larew, Poet.