R.M. ENGELHARDT

Poet Writer Author Albany NY

Category: Albany NY

  • (Goodbye America Goodbye) ANOTHER DAY Another DayAnother DollarIn This Damn FinePlace Called “Amer~rika” Living Out OurLives Behind The LiesThat Nothing’s WrongAt All And If You Can’t SeeThe Truth You’re Blind Conform To The StandardsPretend That Everything’sJust Fine Buy SomethingEat SomethingDo Nothing Online Goodbye AmericaGoodbye ~ R.M. Engelhardtยฉ2026

  • As a writerIn a small cityThat in the limelightOnce seemed much biggerOver the years I’veMet them all IconsPoetsRock starsAnd evenA few mobsters The famous& somewhat famous Mostly? All disturbedOr drunk Or brokenAs the gin pouredOut of theirSkin over conversation Me? The younger me? Either idolizingOr immediatelyHating the realFaces behind theImage or the mask And I…

  • As Autumn Begins By R.M. Engelhardt AS AUTUMN BEGINS

  • THE 21st CENTURY POETS ARENโ€™T DRUNK ENOUGH

  • IN RETROSPECT The writer newly publishedThe flavor of the monthThe watering eye A voice trapped inAnother world gone by SingularUniqueThose wordsWere gold My favorite poems areThe one’s he wroteAbout suffering Mostly the old lovePoems about drinkingAnd having your soulTorn out & ripped apart Gritty bar poems& one night stands, sarcasm &Broken hearts inNightclubs Poetic Noir…

  • Bohemian Soul, Poem R.M. Engelhardt

    Bohemian Soul ~ R.M. Engelhardt BOHEMIAN SOUL Bohemian SoulNo OverlordsFreedom & Democracy The PastStill Remains In The Future For We Are The CaretakersOf The Human Race, The Earth,The Skies & The Seas The DenizensOf the UndergroundThe Keepers Of The Peace Unchained Bowing Down To No ManNo MonstersNo Kings Burn Down Our HouseAnd We’ll Rebuild ItWe’ll…

  • Every Tyrant
  • Perchance

    PERCHANCE The night is far too humid Misery Older than I wish to beMy spirit younger than some Sitting outside on an oldWooden chair having a smokeAnd a beer In the summer time Like another old Bob Seger songReminiscing about the daysGone by Past daysPast lives The thrill of it all A time that has…

  • IN APOCALYPSE FASHION

    IN APOCALYPSE FASHION False heroesWalk down the streetsOf America with swastikaFlags Drones followingThe words Of a rapistAnd a spoiled littleFascist The cultOf red hatStupidity Mediocrity The cult & portrayal ofChristianity destroyingDemocracy & freedom In a countryBarely out ofIt’s infancy 250Years of degradationThe killing of human beingsWith the appointed namesOf minorities, Native AmericansBlack communities, prison campsFor…

  • Someone I don’t know just sent this to me about an hour ago. Needless to say I wasn’t expecting it. Apparently they did some research about my recent argument & disagreement regarding the methods & tactics of a sad excuse of an egotistical human being who blatantly misuses & exploits the people who are down…