“Look at that”…my poem about a tree

“Look at that”…my poem about a tree

look twice…

 

 

Look at that

 

Gosh,

crimson for my eyes,

candy for my lips,

orange peal for my ears,

the tree’s a treat,

leave it at that.

 

October 15, 2022

My poem “Look at that” was published in my seventh collection of 53 poems, many waters: more poems.

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Book review: Tales from Shakespeare

summaries by Charles and Mary Lamb…

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Above all: Poems of dawn and more with 74 free verse poems,
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The Book of Days…part lvii

The Book of Days…part lvii

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.

 

 

Rising

 

O sol! star fire in the sky!

I cannot look at your eye

    as you climb the day,

and I will not look away.

 

May 24, 2019

 

My poem “Rising” was published in my sixth collection of 74 poems, Above all: Poems of dawn and more.

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My poem “Rising” was published in my fourth collection of 55 poems, As with another eye: Poems of exactitude.

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Book review: “The Gentle Boy”

The Puritans had a dark side…

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Above all: Poems of dawn and more with 74 free verse poems,
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“query”…my poem

“query”…my poem

standing above the water

 

 

query

 

No one sees the old quarry

   as darkness flees,

it’s there, it’s silent,

it doesn’t move,

may be a buzz

   or twitter,

or one leaf falling,

the pond is still…

 

One man, solitary,

stands above the water,

urging his arms

   into the air,

with some bending,

it seems like his routine,

 

does he care

   that I see him?

 

July 20, 2025

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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)
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one, two, counting lives…my poem

one, two, counting lives…my poem

dancing is part of it…

 

 

one, two

 

I count the lives.

I count my own,

I will live another life today.

 

Future far is blank

   and almost void,

today is near and full

   and dances to new tunes.

 

Come dance with me,

we two can make one life

   for at least today,

we count the steps,

we step to one more life,

we count the lives.

 

July 13, 2025

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A poet is a “maker”

…and it doesn’t have to rhyme…

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Seeing far: Selected poems with 47 free verse and haiku poems,
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“waiting”…my poem

“waiting”…my poem

what are their names?

 

 

waiting

 

I wait.

The waiting.

 

The words take their time,

they tumble with my musing,

they taunt and tempt

   and temporize,

the words can hide and peek,

they wait to be a gush,

I want to call to them

   but I do not know their names,

each one in its own moment

   quivers in the poem-to-be,

waits for me to grab the quill,

and I wait.

 

July 14, 2025

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Book review: Mila 18

horrific truth by Leon Uris

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Above all: Poems of dawn and more with 74 free verse poems,
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“The arrow of time…”…my poem

“The arrow of time…”…my poem

ballare

 

 

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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many waters: more poems with 53 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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