“That’s the god damn problem with Albany, NY” She said.
“There are too many fucking poets “
In the city
Where I was born
They tore it all down
So many times
That we all forgot.
Because you see
I was born
In a place
Where the lives get
Lines and the stories
Become lives
Of their own.
Full of gangsters
And politicians, low
Dealers and the cops
Gotham city at it’s finest
Without a single hero
To write about it
Except us.
Because we’re just the fucking poets
And because were not the fucking law
And we are only here to tell the stories
Because this is all we own
Because we’re
The poets & the outcasts
And the makers of the songs
And the leftover soul of a city
That’s heading for a fall
And if Jesus came tomorrow
And if God closed the pearly gates
We’d still all just be the poets
Writing poems till the end of days
And we don’t write for glory
And we don’t write for time
We just write because we have to
Without a rhythm or a rhyme
So even if you leave here
Or you meet a sad demise
Remember that you’re a poet
And that’s just enough to survive
Because
Without the words?
It all means nothing
At all
And the poets
Will always be welcome
“Here”
_____________
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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