https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2021/01/trethewey-mlk-day/#.YARmQPKb-rU.twitter Happy To Be A Part of This PBS American Portrait Project On Martin Luther King Day. ~ R.M. Engelhardt https://www.pbs.org/american-portrait/story/23568/rm-e-troy-ny-for-my-people #poetry #pbs #mlkday #rmengelhardt #gentlemanoutsider #writers #america #poets
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AND YOU WILL REMEMBER
AND YOU WILLREMEMBER Once. There is, wasNothing Is, wasNothing At all But theDead WhoIn theirFinal momentsTheir lastBreath wereSurroundedBy panic And fear Politics And despair StrugglingTo live To survive Unable To scream Where blackOrange &YellowBodybagsLined theHospitalHallways Across nationsAcross the world WherePhotos, mediaFlashedAcross giantInternet screens ConfirmingLoss And theDoctors &NursesEssentialWorkers Fought on Some died But thereIs, was noPrayer…
At The End of The World
They used to say this place is called the “End of the World“ And it has gone by many other names Like Apocalypse Rapture End Days And people have been talkingAbout it forever, for centuriesPutting it in books But if you chooseTo believe in all of this, Do nothing. Don’t stand. Don’t change.Don’t resist with…
INTERVIEW WITH A POET
Poetry isn’t the story of everything It’s whistling in the dark and waiting for an answer That never comes https://fishbowlpresspoetry.wordpress.com/portfolio/featured-poet-of-the-week-9-11-19-r-m-engelhardt/
DARK LANDS BOOK Reviews R.M. Engelhardt
via DARK LANDS Telegraphic missives from the bleak future of now taking in spirit machine and blood . A faint hope beyond hopelessness still guiding the words . ~ Steve Kilbey (The Church) **** R.M. Engelhardt is one of the finest poets currently drawing breath and this book is one hell of a ride….
DARK LANDS
On “Dark Lands” By R.M. Engelhardt. Telegraphic missives from the bleak future of now taking in spirit machine and blood . A faint hope beyond hopelessness still guiding the words . ~ Steve Kilbey (The Church) ************ http://www.lulu.com/shop/rm-engelhardt/darklands-poems/paperback/product-24216297.html “R.M. Engelhardt’s Darklands reads like a quick shuffle through the Killing Fields, digging…
Strange Beasts
STRANGE BEASTS We no longer Dwell in forests The woods or Hunt, ponder About nature Instead We walk through Graveyards On sunny days Admiring the Headstones Of those Who once did Or watch Movies At the mall Gather Our food At Trader Joe’s Drink purified Water from Plastic containers And still Allow morons To…
The Troy Poetry Mission R.M. Engelhardt (@rmengelhardt)
R.M. Engelhardt (@rmengelhardt) Tweeted: Spread the word. The Troy Poetry Mission Troy, NY #rmengelhardt #gentlemanoutsider #Poetry #TroyNY #troypoetrymission https://t.co/lKqrqj8UXg https://twitter.com/rmengelhardt/status/1139380202096615425?s=17
The Outside World
As you get older the more things change – for the better or for the worse. Sometimes being a writer and becoming somewhat of an self-isolationist is like being in a sanctuary and finding your true self, your true voice and words. The outside world never goes away. It will always be there. ~ R.M….
Let Poetry Be Poetry: R.M. Engelhardt On The Nation’s Recent Apology
The Half Dead Poet Review: The host of The Troy Poetry Mission R.M. Engelhardt let’s his views & thoughts be known on the recent false accusations against the Nation magazine and a young but well meaning poet who simply wrote a poem in regards to the plight of homelessness in America. Writing and poetry is…
