by Richard Subber | Sep 19, 2023 | My poetry, Other, Poetry, Reflections
no victory, but only ending…
Wonder
We’re on a strange road,
there is no straight ahead
on this strange road,
there are turnings
we have never seen,
we’re not in a race
but there is a finish line,
we’re doing it together,
one leg each in the sack,
no turning back,
no victory
but only ending,
this is a way
we’ve always imagined
but never known,
this is a strange road
and we’re learning
as we go along,
we take new steps
and wonder as we wander along…
December 18, 2021
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My poetry. Copyright © Richard Carl Subber 2023 All rights reserved.
Book review:
American Scripture:
Making the Declaration of Independence
…basically, this is trash talk to King George
by Pauline Maier
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Seeing far: Selected poems with 47 free verse and haiku poems,
and the rest of my poetry books are for sale on Amazon (paperback and Kindle)
and free in Kindle Unlimited, search Amazon for “Richard Carl Subber”
Your candid comments are welcome—tell me what you’re thinking.
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by Richard Subber | Sep 17, 2023 | Book reviews, Books, History, World history
Samarkand…been there?
Book review:
A Short History of the World in 50 Places
by Dr. Jacob F. Field
London: Michael O’Mara Boos Limited, 2020
288 pages
Field’s intriguing approach to history is a success.
Probably you don’t know much about the great city of Samarkand, south of the Aral Sea in Asia. Its history begins in the 7th century BC, and it was an important commercial stop on the Silk Road until the 15th century AD. Samarkand is one of the 50 places.
A Short History is a broad sweep that’s appealing, easy to read, and a lot to learn.
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Book review. Copyright © Richard Carl Subber 2023 All rights reserved.
On the Beach by Nevil Shute (book review)
It isn’t out of date…
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My first name was rain: A dreamery of poems with 53 free verse and haiku poems,
and the rest of my poetry books are for sale on Amazon (paperback and Kindle)
and free in Kindle Unlimited, search Amazon for “Richard Carl Subber”
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by Richard Subber | Sep 14, 2023 | Reflections, Tidbits
over the course of a life…
“Instead of seeing philosophy
as an end to which one aspires,
see it as something one applies.
Not occasionally, but over the course of a life—
making incremental progress along the way.”
from The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman
New York: Portfolio/Penguin, 2016
p. 151
I think it’s pretty easy to remember that today is the day to do some good…
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Copyright © Richard Carl Subber 2023 All rights reserved.
Book review: Who Built America?
…including people
who got their hands dirty
by Christopher Clark and Nancy Hewitt
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Seeing far: Selected poems with 47 free verse and haiku poems,
and the rest of my poetry books are for sale on Amazon (paperback and Kindle)
and free in Kindle Unlimited, search Amazon for “Richard Carl Subber”
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by Richard Subber | Sep 12, 2023 | My poetry, Poetry, Reflections
in the moment…
quickie
…wait for a verse to come,
wait for a verse to come,
and let its style surpass itself,
and let it sing for two hearts,
let it fling off care,
let it be our newest way
to murmur love.
June 6, 2023
We have these moments…
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My poetry. Copyright © Richard Carl Subber 2023 All rights reserved.
“…I walk in mirabilibus supra me…”
C. S. Lewis knows the weight of glory…
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As with another eye: Poems of exactitude with 55 free verse and haiku poems,
and the rest of my poetry books are for sale on Amazon (paperback and Kindle)
and free in Kindle Unlimited, search Amazon for “Richard Carl Subber”
Your comments are welcome—tell me what you’re thinking.
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by Richard Subber | Sep 9, 2023 | Theater and play reviews
slum kids can dance, too…
Movie review:
Billy Elliot
2000, rated R, 111 minutes
Starring Jamie Bell as Billy Elliot
Billy Elliot (2000, rated R, 111 minutes) is about aspirations, with clap-your-hands dancing and a helping of human kindness.
Jamie Bell pretty much flawlessly plays 11-year-old Billy, the son of a widowed struggling coal miner in County Durham in northern England. Billy suddenly realizes that dancing is more interesting than boxing.
You won’t be surprised by the obstacles that Billy overcomes to get accepted at the Royal Ballet School in London.
You will be delighted to watch Billy dancing when he’s happy and when he’s mad as heck. You will want to hug Billy’s dad when he finally realizes that dancing isn’t shameful, and that his son has a talent that just won’t quit.
Not least important, you’ll be reminded that a kid who can be a great dancer is born every day in a slum, somewhere.
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Movie review. Copyright © Richard Carl Subber 2023 All rights reserved.
Book review: Lord of the Flies
Never more relevant…
by William Golding
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Seeing far: Selected poems with 47 free verse and haiku poems,
and the rest of my poetry books are for sale on Amazon (paperback and Kindle)
and free in Kindle Unlimited, search Amazon for “Richard Carl Subber”
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