by Richard Subber | Dec 26, 2023 | Human Nature, My poetry, Poetry
…Becky and the baby are waiting…
A man’s job
I won’t sell my trees.
The balsams would go quickly
at “cut your own” prices,
but I tell my neighbors, again this year,
there will be no cutting
on this old slope that spills down
to my little barn.
Day is darkening,
and I move among my trees.
This one, bent and broken
in last winter’s snows,
has grown,
the birds of spring may nest
in its green spaces…
and now, from below,
the boy climbs to me, his head down,
his father’s axe in hand,
he has changed since his father died,
he tries to do a man’s work,
he will have little time
for baseball with the other boys.
“I told Momma I would find a tree,
to make a Christmas for Becky and the baby.”
So.
He holds his axe in both hands,
and he stands straight in my field.
I extend my arm.
“Go find a good one,
I can help you carry it home.”
December 1, 2018
My poem “A man’s job” was published in my third collection of 64 poems, In other words: Poems for your eyes and ears. You can buy it on Amazon (paperback and Kindle), or get it free in Kindle Unlimited, click here
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Book review: Shakespeare’s Wife
Germaine Greer went overboard a bit…
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My first name was rain: A dreamery of poems with 53 free verse and haiku poems,
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by Richard Subber | Dec 25, 2023 | My poetry, Poetry
wrapping in the dark hours…
Santa’s helpers
Bows and ribbons all around,
we’re on the floor
wrapping in the dark hours,
and we unwrap our hearts
and share great gifts,
again and again.
December 25, 2022
Inspired by “Every Christmas Eve” by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, December 25, 2022, on her website, www.ahundredfallingveils.com
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My poetry. Copyright © Richard Carl Subber 2024 All rights reserved.
Book review: Tales from Shakespeare
summaries by Charles and Mary Lamb…
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Above all: Poems of dawn and more with 73 free verse poems,
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by Richard Subber | Dec 19, 2023 | My poetry, Poetry, Reflections
I’m waiting…
Upon a time
For now time is my world.
My world of things exists in time,
my world of places gives the things a spot,
allotted time gives up
the passing lifetime things renew,
to keep a place
in pace with me.
I know not how to stop nor when nor where,
nor do I care to know.
I conjure places, hold a thing,
and snatch the time for it to be.
They all belong to me when I’m alone.
But soon each place
will bear your stance and mine,
we’ll share our hoarded time.
We’ve cached secure in clouds a thing called love
and, then, two smiles will burn the clouds away.
November 18, 1967
Bethlehem, PA
For my dearest one
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Book review: Ethan Frome
not being satisfied with less…
by Edith Wharton
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Seeing far: Selected poems with 47 free verse and haiku poems,
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Here’s what you’ll find on my website:
my poetry in free verse and 5-7-5 haiku format—nature poems, love poems, poems about grandchildren, and poems for reading aloud—written in a way that invites you to know, as precisely as possible, what’s going on in my mind and in my imagination;
thoughtful book reviews that offer an exceptional critique of the book instead of a simple book summary;
my reflections on the words, art, and wisdom of famous and not-so-famous people, and occasional comments on human nature, and
luscious examples of my love affair with words.
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by Richard Subber | Dec 14, 2023 | My poetry, Poetry, Reflections
not much to talk about
torpor
the fen is shrouded,
fogged, under a wan sky,
green huddled among the brown,
token of a pallid day,
subdued, stilled, mute…
October 11, 2022
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The Liberty Bell, a book review
Historian Gary Nash tells it all
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Writing Rainbows: Poems for Grown-Ups with 59 free verse and haiku poems,
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by Richard Subber | Dec 7, 2023 | Human Nature, My poetry, Poetry, Reflections
new birdsong…
Think again
I had this idea about immortality,
but I was thinking about the wrong future.
The lab guys said they could archive my brain,
do a download of my mind and memories,
back me up on a secure server,
give me a digital life that won’t quit,
write new words for “I ain’t got no body.”
I thought I could live forever.
I was thinking about the wrong future.
Future isn’t the forever thing.
I forgot that now will last forever
in this network that has no sunrise.
I forgot that future is the next bit
of new birdsong,
the next kiss from a sweet child.
I forgot that there will be no more sniffling,
no more brie and crackers,
no more warm hugs,
no more purling brooks,
no more sunsets
that just squeeze all joy
into my eyes.
November 16, 2021
I’m inspired by Mike Franklyn’s poem, “Ah! To Be Human”
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Book review: Girl with a Pearl Earring
This is Tracy Chevalier’s bucket of love…
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In other words: Poems for your eyes and ears with 64 free verse and haiku poems,
and the rest of my poetry books are for sale on Amazon (paperback and Kindle)
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by Richard Subber | Nov 30, 2023 | My poetry, Poetry
…to murmur love
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.
Rumford, RI
June 6, 2023
for my dearest one
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“Impedimenta”
I breathe in, deeply…(my poem)
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Writing Rainbows: Poems for Grown-Ups with 59 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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