The growing anti-hunger nonprofit Poetry X Hunger was founded in 2017 by Dr. Hiram Larew who is a retired director of international programs at the US Department of Agriculture and a poet. It operates as a component fund of Chesapeake Charities, which is a registered 501(c)(3) organization.
Their website offers a number of resources, such as interviews of experts are available at: https://www.poetryxhunger.com/interviews.html. The recent poem, “hunger dialogue” is found at: https://www.poetryxhunger.com/hunger-poems/poem-by-kim-b-millerThis was featured at the annual meeting of the Alliance to End Hunger, a network of which Poetry X Hunger is a member.
A downloadable book of hunger poetry is available from https://www.poetryxhunger.com/uploads/1/2/5/7/125799040/poetsspeakbacktohunger.pdf
Poetry archives are freely available from: https://www.poetryxhunger.com/international-poets
An example showcased on their website is from the 1942 Bengal famine, when an estimated 2 million people died of malnutrition, is excerpted here:
_____“O great life, no more of this poetry
_____Now bring the hard, harsh prose,
_____Wipe away the poetry-softened chimes
_____Strike the stern hammer of prose today!
_____No more need for the tenderness of poetry
_____Poetry today I give you leave
_____In the realm of hunger, the world is prosaic”
_____The full moon is like scalded bread.” – by Sukanta Bhattacharya, 2947
