“…surprise the hungry eye…”…John O’Donohue

“…surprise the hungry eye…”…John O’Donohue

get hungry…

 

 

From John O’Donohue (1956-2008), his poem “For the Artist at the Start of Day.”

O’Donohue invokes a morning that may

 

“…dwell uniquely

Between the heart and the light

 

To surprise the hungry eye…”

 

I try to let my eye be hungry

in the morning when I take my first walk…

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Copyright © Richard Carl Subber 2024 All rights reserved.

 

Movie review: Same Time, Next Year

all-American adultery, oh yeah…

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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)
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“…a strange road and we’re learning…”…”Wonder,” my poem

“…a strange road and we’re learning…”…”Wonder,” my poem

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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