by Richard Subber | May 23, 2026 | My poetry, Poetry
their silent mirth
The ghoulies
The things are there,
we know they are,
they have no names,
they hide from view,
they make no sound,
they have no shape,
they laugh, they do,
their silent mirth
is meant for you,
is meant for me,
they move across our lives,
they drum endless fingers
as they mark each moment,
and move closer
to touch and tingle
and make tiny terrors
in our hearts.
February 25, 2026
Inspired by traditional Scottish prayer:
From ghoulies and ghosties
and long-leggedy beasties
and things that go bump in the night,
Good Lord, deliver us.
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A quote from General Custer
Hint: something to do with Indians…
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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)
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by Richard Subber | May 19, 2026 | Language, My poetry, Poetry
we feast on meanings
taste
a honey made of words,
verses dripping languor,
stanzas squeezing
sweet meaning from the words,
the poem is a bouquet of words,
the blooms fall open
as each phrase proceeds,
we feast on meanings,
embrace each image,
enlarge each thought,
and savor all that lingers.
March 8, 2026
Inspired by “While Listening to Others Talk about Poems in Small Groups” by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, March 7, 2026
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Book review: A Cold Welcome
The culprit was global cooling,
500 years ago…
by Sam White
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My first name was rain: A dreamery of poems with 52 free verse and haiku poems,
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by Richard Subber | May 12, 2026 | My poetry, Poetry, Reflections
rise to be a star
being star
How can you pick one to name?
Are they close or far?
Can they dance?
Is it hard to be a star?
Become a star.
Everything can be star,
words are constellations,
shining is so easy,
so good,
such beginning,
you can rise to be a star,
be celestial…
twinkle.
February 22, 2026
Inspired by “Tender Astronomy” by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, Feb. 20, 2026,
and by “Winter’s Tale” movie (2014)
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Book review: Shantung Compound
They didn’t care much
about each other…
by Langdon Gilkey
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Empyrean: new poems with 57 free verse poems,
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by Richard Subber | May 3, 2026 | My poetry, Poetry
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.
Tiers
These tiers, they mock the muted sky,
they roll and roil, they flash in flight,
they chase each other, chase the night…
One moment crisp, the next is plum,
and then each wisp can just become
a layered fold, a bend, a style,
a crease that beckons dawn,
a clouded bank—
the tiers portend the star of day.
February 20, 2026
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Book review: Shawshank Redemption
A world I do not want to know…
by Stephen King
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many waters: more poems with 53 free verse poems,
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by Richard Subber | Apr 30, 2026 | My poetry, Poetry, Reflections
huggery works…
I knew what I had to do,
I tried rockin’ and rollin’ with the punch…
Wave off
One of today’s chances,
the not so good kind…
it came my way.
I said “I know you,
you want to take my time,
and that’s all that I will give—
I will not offer up
my peace of mind,
or my resolve to do good things,
or my sense that I may
hug the afternoon
and be happy
to embrace the balance of the day.”
September 14, 2018
My poem “Wave off” 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, search for “Richard Carl Subber”
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Book review: The Sea Runners
…it informs, it does not soar…
by Ivan Doig
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Writing Rainbows: Poems for Grown-Ups with 59 free verse and haiku poems,
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by Richard Subber | Apr 26, 2026 | My poetry, Poetry
it feels good to say it
We say morning
I say morning,
it feels good
to say it
one more time,
I am so willing
to guess that you
are saying morning,
you walk in your garden
with the far wall of flowers…
I look for you
in my heart,
I remember all the times
we mentioned morning
when we danced
to start the day.
February 8, 2026
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Book review: Waterloo
The slightly Hollywood bravery
of Richard Sharpe,
the butcher’s work done at the battle…
by Bernard Cornwell
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My first name was rain: A dreamery of poems with 52 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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