A Pride Poem and Three Poems to Fight Parkinson's Disease

Thanks to Kim Roberts and Jon Gann for once again organizing the annual poem-a-day DC Pride Poetry initiative during June's Pride Month. This year's focus is on poems of Urban Geographies. Larew's poem came about as a result of a NatureCulture (TM) writing retreat in Montreal.

For all of the month's poems including Larew's, check out this link -- Pride Poems 2026

And, Elliot Rubin has assembled and published Poets for Parkinson's: An Anthology Fundraiser (2026) in support of the fight to find a cure for Parkinson's disease. He was gracious enough to include three poems by Larew -- Boat, Remarkable, and Music.

Here's the link for purchasing the collection. All proceeds will go to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research. Poets for Parkinson's: an anthology fundraiser 2026: Rubin, ELLIOT M.: 9798999037671: Amazon.com: Books

Here's one of Larew's poems that appears in Mr. Rubin's anthology --

Music

Tra-la-la is how you feel

If/When there’s a butter pastry waiting

Or as some disco beat asks you to spin

And even though it’s not ready right now

A hot bath is also perfect --

Like the whistling weather coming in

Or even patent leather’s sheen --

Isn’t it

In fact nothing is better than

Such ready things --

They nearly trill with love

Yes the more that

Older gets

The more meadowy and higher

The yodeling

Seems to be