by Richard Subber | Dec 30, 2025 | Human Nature, My poetry, Poetry, Reflections
thinking it over…
think about it
We’re walking, slow.
What’s he thinking?
What’s her fleeting joy?
Maybe they ask the same of me.
Are we really different?
I’m bigger,
they have growing to do.
I can see out the window,
they see so many things
for the first time.
I remember last week’s party,
they will re-learn the fun
of blowing out the candles.
I can ride a horse,
they can see a horse where the chair is.
I wish I could stay longer,
they will welcome my return…
…but for now, we climb the bosky trail,
hand in hand, we laugh together,
we chase that squirrel with our eyes,
we wonder:
what’s he thinking?
what’s his fleeting joy?
maybe he’s asking the same of us.
September 7, 2025
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by Richard Subber | Dec 23, 2025 | My poetry, Poetry, Reflections
the birds we do not know
knowing
I know being
and I know anticipation
and I know expectation,
and nonetheless I know surprise
and I know remembrance
and I know fear
and I know wonder…
what is it that I do not know?
what remains to be not unknown?
…which slowly singing bird
will pick my window
for her morning melodies?
September 20, 2025
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Book review:
Moral Tribes by Joshua Greene
sincere, but off the mark…
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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 | Dec 11, 2025 | My poetry, Poetry
smiling is important…
step by step
Write it, rhyme it,
write it down.
Write it slowly,
verb and noun.
Smile as much as will abide,
don’t allow your smile to hide.
Chase it, grab it,
cherish the elusive rhyme.
August 30, 2025
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Book review: Shawshank Redemption
A world I do not want to know…
by Stephen King
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Above all: Poems of dawn and more with 74 free verse poems,
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by Richard Subber | Dec 7, 2025 | My poetry, Poetry, Reflections
don’t try to unhear it
Hear, hear
Can you hear it?
You’re alone,
the walls don’t talk,
the plants don’t talk,
the rabbit in the yard
makes no sound,
the chair just sits there,
nature’s murmuring is too far away…
“silence” is a word
but if you say it…
Can you think a tune?
How much noise is “quiet”?
Of course,
disdain the tintinnabulation of the bells,
but listen for that small sweet note,
and hum it for a sec…
you can’t unhear it.
August 20, 2025
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The Collected Poems of Sara Teasdale…book review
Literate, but impersonal
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many waters: more poems with 53 free verse poems,
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by Richard Subber | Dec 2, 2025 | 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.
Scarcely day
It’s early morn again,
I see that day has chased the dawn,
the bland sky is one dimension,
no color, no cloud,
no excitement in the sky,
day has come,
I make a dawn in my mind,
too soon to think about tomorrow.
March 23, 2023
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Book review:
American Scripture:
Making the Declaration of Independence
…basically, it’s trash talk to King George
by Pauline Maier
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Writing Rainbows: Poems for Grown-Ups with 59 free verse and haiku poems,
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by Richard Subber | Nov 25, 2025 | My poetry, Poetry, Reflections
no clock needed for dancing…
daily
The arrow of time flies high
and low and ever on,
and sometimes slow,
time creeps, betimes,
a pause is not unknown…
My time’s my own,
I guard it
when there is no room for dancing…
July 12, 2025
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Book review: The Snow Goose
…sensual drama, eminently poetic…
by Paul Gallico
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Above all: Poems of dawn and more with 74 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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