A Poet's Blog: Roger N.Taber shares his thoughts & poems...

Thoughts and observations by English poet Roger N. Taber, a retired librarian and poet-novelist.- "Ethnicity, Religion, Gender, Sexuality ... these are but parts of a whole. It is the whole that counts." RNT [NB While I have no wish to create a social network, I will always reply to critical emails about my poetry. Contact: rogertab@aol.com].

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Sadly, a bad fall in 2012 has left me with a mobility problem, and being diagnosed with prostate cancer the same year hasn't helped, but I get out and about with my trusty walking stick as much as I can, take each day as it comes and try to keep looking on the bright(er) side of life. Many of my poems reflect the need to nurture a positive-thinking mindset whatever life throws at us.

Friday, 4 January 2019

Sunset on a River

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Just when I think I haven’t another poem in me, one comes along to prove me wrong, and here it is, my first poem of 2019.

I love sunsets, not only for their natural beauty, but because – for me, as I dare say for many of us – it draws a line between night and day, light and dark. I find myself reflecting on life, love, nature and the relationship between nature and human nature more than at any other time. I have noticed, too, that these reflections often feed into my dreams and almost certainly contribute to my being something of a philosopher-poet.


The photo was taken by my closest and dearest friend, Graham – who also shoots the videos for my You Tube channel – and I wanted to share with you, dear readers, my thoughts upon viewing it.

SUNSET ON A RIVER

At the heart of a setting sun’s glow
I watch images of my past
converging on the Here-and-Now
while hazarding a guess at what comes next;
where only passing wings dare go

At the heart of a setting sun’s glow
I hear echoes of my past
converging on the Here-and-Now
while reaping the finer part of memory’s yield
as nurtured by mind-body-spirit

At the edge of a sunset’s fading glow
I toss all testing times
converging on past-present-future
while taking heart from a sense of Carpe Diem
bonding nature and human nature

In the dying breath of a sunset’s glow
as earth and sky conspire
to pass the world into the arms of night.
I’ll put one foot in front of the other, feel safer
for a discourse with Earth Mother

Where moon and stars on some river flow,
 so, too, the human heart aspires to follow


Copyright R. N. Taber 2019



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