The Book of Days

 

The dawn’s early light can be pleasure enough for the whole day.

There are words enough to tell the story of “the temptation of day to come.”

It is my delight to write some of them for your delectation.

 

Flash

 

The arrows of day are bright

   in the waning waste of night,

how brief their flight

   to herald light.

 

July 20, 2024

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My poetry. Copyright © Richard Carl Subber 2024 All rights reserved.

 

Book review: Shantung Compound

They didn’t care much

   about each other…

by Langdon Gilkey

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Writing Rainbows: Poems for Grown-Ups with 59 free verse and haiku poems,

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Your comments are welcome—tell me what you’re thinking.

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