Listening to the kids….

They won’t remember, but I will….

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Lafayette: a hero, not a saint

Book review: Lafayette, by Harlow Unger

Lafayette was a great man. Also rich and lucky.

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You could live on Coke….

….for a little while....

A retail tax on sugary beverages makes sense.

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Après-midi des enfants

Après-midi des enfants

My poem about the kids, in the afternoon, in the water….

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Book review: An Empire on the Edge: How Britain Came to Fight America

The British wanted to win the Revolutionary War, but they had good reasons for not trying too hard….

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Understanding the “o” word

“Old” is a highly charged word. A poem about the process of aging and being aged, without using the “o” word:

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Book review: All The President’s Men

It’s a one-of-a-kind story, but your kids aren’t going to ask you to read it to them twice.

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http://richardsubber.com/book-review-all-the-presidents-men/

Poetry alive!

A poet can bring the darnedest things to life. Want the big word? anthropomorphic

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“…the hollow men…” and so on….

“…the hollow men…” and so on….

I respectfully think that T. S. Eliot’s poetry is a bloomin’ wasteland….

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Book review: The Reader (Der Vorleser)

In war, condemnation and compassion can be so intermingled that understanding, and peace, is not possible.

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http://richardsubber.com/book-review-the-reader-der-vorleser/

Music of the stones

My poem about harmonies that endure….

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Book review: The Bartender’s Tale

It ain’t This House of Sky, but it’s a keeper for Ivan Doig fans. You’ll know these people.

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http://richardsubber.com/book-review-the-bartenders-tale/

“Boil up” and other good manners….

The “Hobo Ethical Code” is worth a quick read.

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Mr. Grumpy (235 years ago)

William Pitt the Younger had nothing nice to say about the American Revolutionary War.

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A west wind kind of thing….

Be open to the grace….my poem for that kind of feeling

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Saturday Night Live may be older than you

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Book review: Shantung Compound

This is the most provocative book I’ve read in my adult life. It’s about prisoners of war who could have lived an Enlightenment fantasy….

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http://richardsubber.com/book-review-shantung-compound/

Book review: Literary Life: A Second Memoir

My review explores Larry McMurtry’s passionate engagement with books….

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http://richardsubber.com/book-review-literary-life-a-second-memoir/

Poetry alive!

A poet can bring the darnedest things to life. Want the big word? anthropomorphic

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http://richardsubber.com/poetry-alive/

Your daddy’s daddy’s daddy was an immigrant.

Almost half of Americans alive today have an ancestor who went through Ellis Island to get into our great country.

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http://richardsubber.com/your-daddys-daddys-daddys-daddy-was-an-immigrant/

Another poet heard from (part 7)

My review of Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer’s “Inner Eden,” a vital hope for the kinder world we long for….

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http://richardsubber.com/another-poet-heard-from-part-7/

Book review: The Bridges of Madison County

A slow-moving passion that consumes without burning….

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The poet sees stones and bones….

My poetry is about particulars, the right words, and the rhyming and the chiming of the bells….

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Hand me that hammer

I will build one bridge today, and look forward to the next election.

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Despair for America

Reach out to people you love….

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Book review: Address Unknown

Book review: Address Unknown

by Kathrine Kressmann Taylor

A friendship corrupted by Nazi hatred in WWII. Two friends who couldn’t understand how to avoid mutual self-destruction.

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The media giveaway helped Trump

The media grabbed profits, gave Trump $2 billion of free air time, and gave up any pretense of presenting objective news as a public service.

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http://richardsubber.com/the-media-lets-get-real/

The art of R. S. Thomas

My reflection on the artful poetry of R. S. Thomas points directly to a small truth, in the case of sunrise blooming in a small field

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Book review: The Brothers by Janet M. Kovarik

The Brothers: good storytelling

I review The Brothers by Janet M. Kovarik, a dialogue-rich novel with believable characters set in the American Civil War.

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http://richardsubber.com/book-review-the-brothers/

Looking for the special words

A review of a minor poem from Emily Dickinson, with a line that really taps the tuning fork in my head

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http://richardsubber.com/kernel-and-husk/

Silences in the desert

Ozymandias was a king who had the wrong ideas about posterity. Percy Shelley’s famous poem says just about all of it, and I have a couple thoughts….

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The email thingie: silence is golden

The email server story is the non-story that won’t die in this election….and the latest hooraw, well, there’s really nothing to say about it. Why won’t the media give it up?

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http://richardsubber.com/that-email-server-thing-im-speechless/

dancing in the night

I see poetry in dancing shadows on the wall. I watched this “jittering dance of light and dark,” until the poem was clear to me.

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