The Book of Days…part lxvii

The Book of Days…part lxvii

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.

 

Casserole

 

A plump expanse,

delicious reds,

maybe good enough to eat,

the vault is filled,

it lures the eye,

it makes a feast.

 

May 13, 2026

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My poetry. Copyright © Richard Carl Subber 2026 All rights reserved.

 

Book review: Shawshank Redemption

A world I do not want to know…

by Stephen King

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In high meadows: poems abide with 60 free verse 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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“Escape,” a scrambling sky, my poem

“Escape,” a scrambling sky, my poem

take a quick look

 

 

Escape

 

Hustling through the sky,

who knows where it goes,

this scumbled track on the move,

it has no final stop in mind,

it runs, it flows,

it escapes to another sky,

and far away,

it thins, it slows,

it fades.

 

May 31, 2026

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My poetry. Copyright © Richard Carl Subber 2026 All rights reserved.

 

Book review: The Snow Goose

…sensual drama, eminently poetic…

by Paul Gallico

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In high meadows: poems abide with 60 free verse 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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green, green…it’s so easy, my poem

green, green…it’s so easy, my poem

filling the horizons

 

 

green, green

 

Green is everywhere,

it’s in the trees,

covers the ground,

it sprawls,

fills the horizons,

boasts its green-ness,

sings of life,

hums its faithful hue,

it welcomes me,

this color of joy.

 

June 4, 2026

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My poetry. Copyright © Richard Carl Subber 2026 All rights reserved.

 

Book review: The Comanche Empire

the other story of the American West…

by Pekka Hämäläinen

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In high meadows: poems abide with 60 free verse 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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“buttah” is one way to say it…my poem

“buttah” is one way to say it…my poem

say it out loud…

 

 

buttah

 

What is so easy about

   learning an accent?

 

Sit down at the diner,

and hear the gent

   in the next booth

      ordering his meal,

and listen to him

   saying “buttah” for his toast

   and “buttah” for his muffin,

and so casually you think you know

   his parents

      and his birth place

         and his region,

and his different-ness

   and his limits,

and his prescribed life

   and his narrow self…

 

He is so knowable,

but wait—

   he listens when you speak…

 

May 24, 2026

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My poetry. Copyright © Richard Carl Subber 2026 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)
and free in Kindle Unlimited, search Amazon for “Richard Carl Subber”

 

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“Casserole,” my poem of dawn

“Casserole,” my poem of dawn

a feast indeed!

 

 

Casserole

 

A plump expanse,

delicious reds,

maybe good enough to eat,

the vault is filled,

it lures the eye,

it makes a feast.

 

May 13, 2026

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My poetry. Copyright © Richard Carl Subber 2026 All rights reserved.

 

The Reader (Der Vorleser)

Not just a rehash of WWII…

by Bernhard Schlink

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Empyrean: new poems with 57 free verse 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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“…downbeat for the dawn…”…”Overture,” my poem

“…downbeat for the dawn…”…”Overture,” my poem

a kind of music of the spheres…

 

 

Overture

 

I stood awhile in prescient dark,

faint sounds of night

   were near and far,

a rustling song,

a sylvan chord,

a tiny thrum,

and more—

 

a downbeat for the dawn to come,

scant chorus rising,

I whispered hallowed words

   to make a coda,

and waited for the star of day.

 

January 21, 2023

 

Inspired by “Behind Stowe” (1927) by Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979)

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My poem “Overture” was published in my sixth collection of 74 poems, Above all: Poems of

dawn and more.

You can buy it on Amazon (paperback and Kindle),

or get it free in Kindle Unlimited, search for “Richard Carl Subber”

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My poetry. Copyright © Richard Carl Subber 2026 All rights reserved.

 

Book review: The Scarlet Letter

the beating hearts…by Nathaniel Hawthorne

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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)
and free in Kindle Unlimited, search Amazon for “Richard Carl Subber”

 

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