by Richard Subber | Oct 12, 2023 | Human Nature, Reflections, Tidbits
for life to have meaning
“A man must fill his life with meaning,
meaning is not automatically given in life.
It is hard work to fill one’s life with meaning.”
from The Chosen
by Chaim Potok
New York: Fawcett Crest, 1967
pp. 204-205
Here’s one approach: do a good thing every day.
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Book review: Ethan Frome
not being satisfied with less…
by Edith Wharton
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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)
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by Richard Subber | Oct 10, 2023 | Language, My poetry, Poetry
joy uplifts each dance
empathic
I think of you in a new way…
you are one of the greeters,
you help the new ones to find old friends,
you freely give so many smiles,
sing the tunes that fill the air,
you sway with rhythms
that join so many spirits
and spin so many steps,
you show good heart
when easy joy uplifts each dance,
stepping up to the awkward ones
to tell the secret words of love
that all can share,
you lead the way
to radiant halls
and precious gardens
where all can stand together
and make so much music
that never stops…
June 20, 2023
For my dearest one
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Book review: Cold Mountain
by Charles Frazier, he reaches deep…
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by Richard Subber | Oct 5, 2023 | Language, My poetry, Poetry, Reflections
this end, the one…
Amaze
Countless possible beginnings,
uncounted possible turns of each one,
the one end seems finally certain…
This creature on the sand,
forlorn, lifeless,
this end the one, it seems…
Still.
It will change.
Decay?
A careless word,
a haughty view,
a narrow disdain,
ignoble, incurious.
If life is the course of change
in consequence of itself,
with no limit,
then this creature,
mutely changing now,
may yet have futures…
We do no harm to give it leave to linger,
and respect its changing prospect
for moments more,
and leave it
to walk around the new curve of the dune…
Chatham, Cape Cod, MA
June 15, 2000
My poem “Amaze” was published in my sixth collection of 73 poems, Above all: Poems of dawn and more.
You can buy it on Amazon (paperback and Kindle),
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Book review: Tales from Shakespeare
summaries by Charles and Mary Lamb…
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by Richard Subber | Sep 23, 2023 | My poetry, Poetry, Reflections
‘round and ‘round she goes…
moto perpetuo
Surrounded.
By a baby.
She is in motion,
she is energy, all energies.
Does she move fast enough to fill all the space?
It seems true…
I follow her, she scampers on and around,
she fills my horizons,
I am surrounded…
…and I surrender, she has taken me alive.
Life is good.
December 12, 2012
’round and ’round…
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Poets talk about poetry
…it’s a red hot bucket of love…
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Seeing far: Selected poems with 47 free verse and haiku poems,
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by Richard Subber | Sep 19, 2023 | My poetry, Other, Poetry, Reflections
no victory, but only ending…
Wonder
We’re on a strange road,
there is no straight ahead
on this strange road,
there are turnings
we have never seen,
we’re not in a race
but there is a finish line,
we’re doing it together,
one leg each in the sack,
no turning back,
no victory
but only ending,
this is a way
we’ve always imagined
but never known,
this is a strange road
and we’re learning
as we go along,
we take new steps
and wonder as we wander along…
December 18, 2021
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Book review:
American Scripture:
Making the Declaration of Independence
…basically, this is trash talk to King George
by Pauline Maier
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Seeing far: Selected poems with 47 free verse and haiku poems,
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Your candid comments are welcome—tell me what you’re thinking.
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by Richard Subber | Sep 14, 2023 | Reflections, Tidbits
over the course of a life…
“Instead of seeing philosophy
as an end to which one aspires,
see it as something one applies.
Not occasionally, but over the course of a life—
making incremental progress along the way.”
from The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman
New York: Portfolio/Penguin, 2016
p. 151
I think it’s pretty easy to remember that today is the day to do some good…
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Book review: Who Built America?
…including people
who got their hands dirty
by Christopher Clark and Nancy Hewitt
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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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