An interview with old friend and cofounder of Albany Poets Mr. Thom Francis about the Albany poetry scene, new projects and something about a new book : Listen Here: https://m.soundcloud.com/albany-poets/the-albany-poets-interview-rm-engelhardt http://www.albanypoets.com
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I AM
“I am the beast with a contorted grin, contracting down to illusion and dilating toward infinity, both growing and dying, delightfully suspended between hope for nothing and despair of everything, brought up among perfumes and poisons, consumed with love and hatred, killed by lights and shadows. My symbol is death of light and the flame … Continue reading I AM
“We grow in direct proportion to the amount of chaos we can sustain and dissipate.” ~ Ilya Prigogine
“Chivalry”
If tragedy = permission If love = desire How much we could have learned. If knights could have defeated dragons, steadfast, strong and true, I would have been all of these things for you. But love thee, love thee not, cancel my thoughts beside the vast cataclysm of unwanted dreaming. And here in the dark … Continue reading “Chivalry”
A Better World …
There are some days when I would just like to go to sleep for a hundred years and wake up in a better world where there is really good free coffee, no more wars, no more death and where poverty no longer exists. I also wouldn't mind it if it was a world … Continue reading A Better World …
Poetry Is …
Poetry is not something scattered like the wind, but an individual journey for the writer. A path, and not a competition. What is written is the truth of the poets life. Which is like a religion, sacred to that person. ~ R.M. Engelhardt
Love In The MidWest
In this dream. You are a painting by Thomas Hart Benton with luxurious black hair and beautiful pale white skin Asleep. An old hillbilly a mid-west aging Pluto attempts to touch you, looks at you from around the corner in awe and sublime wonder and its obvious and plain to see that he … Continue reading Love In The MidWest