You are an
Angel with a
Martyr’s crown.
Eyes cast
Downward upon
The ground
“Destruct”
Fear.
The long loud lines
Of industry, traffic, commerce
Every moment alive to die
Held tight by the within
Where you gasp take hands
Take heart take shelter from
The world.
This world;
Aware & so full of
Mad men & mad women, demons
A society hanging on NOW
On high on volume on 10 on
Now NOW NOW NOW
NOW
Not today
Not tomorrow
Become one of them
Fit in
Belong
Make do.
Don’t think
Don’t disagree
And forget
All the things that
They say “Don’t Matter”
Like literature
And your poetry
Your books & you’re feelings
And the journal that is you.
For you child
Are only an angel
With a martyr’s crown
Just another misfit
A ne’er-do-wel
But do not
Do not ever
Let them
Take away who you are
For that is the gift
That can never be
Replaced.
______________
R.M. Engelhardt 2011
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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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