By The Days

By The Days is a compilation of Sam Starbuck’s poetry from 2003 to 2013. Sometimes funny, sometimes thoughtful, and sometimes satirical, Sam’s work centers around themes of renewal, social responsibility, understanding of history, and the wonders of daily life.

The public face is all we’ve had

For those who took up fragile tools

And softly tapped the infinite;

Of what they felt about it all

Betraying not a twitch or tic.

If poets laughed dishonestly

As people laugh and talk in crowds,

If writers wept for private loss

And never said a word aloud –

In short if they felt as we feel

(And who denies their human lives?)

Then we can never really know

Except for fictions left behind

What makes a mind as bright as brass

And our life seem as clear as glass.

By The Days is available in paperback through Lulu Publishing, and is as an ePub as well.

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