MORE THAN …
More than just this;
A hand, a halo, a tryst,
Swallowed up in imagery
Synergy … the electricity
Of a single.. simple …. ‘Word’.
Phrases given by divine intervention,
Ecstasy or the need for flight,
From God or Buddha, Mohammad
Or the night.
More than just this;
Your love, your voice exists.
Re-invents astrology resists where history, temptation has been,
Genesis, or the temporal servants of the momentary rhyme,
Or a monumental pause … of the mind.
More than just this;
Poetry must be
Can be
Much more than just a drunk
Or a mere critic, a contagious madman
A martyr, a saint, your youth, your death, or your age.
This crime of sincerity
More than just an eternity
‘Forgotten’
R.M. Engelhardt
___________________________
EVENING
Evening…
You kill me.
Slow pulse, slow your image still burning
Still.
Ouiet,
As all these voices come out
Into the dark, at night.
My love, my sadness… ‘Night’
You, more than just another dance
With the moon.
R.M. Engelhardt
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R.M. Engelhardt is a poet, writer and author who over the last two decades has published over 16 books of poetry including "Nod" "Logos" "Alchemy" & "The Last Cigarette: The Collected Poems of R.M. Engelhardt. The founder of the Upstate NY organization Albany Poets & the Annual Poetry Celebration The Albany Word Fest he has through his ideas & visions helped to contribute a large amount of advocacy and creativity to the Spoken Word~Poetry Capital District scene and is the former host of the long running readings Vox, Propaganda, Listen & currently is creating a new resurrection of one of the area's most well known open mics for poetry and spoken word THE SCHOOL OF NIGHT in Troy, NY held on the last Wednesday evening of each month at the incredible nightclub/speak easy bar THE BERLIN IN TROY NY. His writing has also been published by many journals such as The Rye Whiskey Review, Red Fez, Rusty Truck, Sure! The Charles Bukowski Newsletter, Thunder Sandwich, The Hobo Camp Review, Full of Crow, on the Outlaw Poetry Network & in many many others.
Look for his books "WHERE THE PEOPLE'S VISION PERISHES 2020" "DARK LANDS (2019 on LuLu, Amazon & At Barnes and Noble) The Resurrection Waltz, 2012 ( Infinity Press) & "COFFEE ASS BLUES & OTHER POEMS" ( 2018 Alien Buddha Press 2018) " DarkLands" 2019 & "Where There Is No Vision" 2020 and his new books, "WE RISE LIKE SMOKE" (2021) & Of Spirit, Ash & Bone (2022) all available on Amazon.com
He is also the Editor of the small independent poetry press DeadMansPressInk.
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