R.M. ENGELHARDT

Poet Writer Author Albany NY

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R.M. Engelhardt is an American poet, writer and author who over the last three decades has published over 20 books of poetry including “Nod” “Alchemy” DarkLands, RAW & “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 The School of Night & Vox. He is currently the host of SPEAK THE WORD ALBANY!. An Open Mic for Poetry And The Spoken Word at Ophelias. Over the last thirty years his work has also been published in many journals such as The Rye Whiskey Review, Red Fez, Rusty Truck, Sure! The Charles Bukowski Newsletter, Thunder Sandwich, Black Noise, 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, “WE RISE LIKE SMOKE” (2021) & Of Spirit, Ash & Bone (2022) and RAW- Poems ( 2023) all available on Amazon.com He is also the Editor of the small independent poetry press Dead Man’s Press Ink since 1998. Look for his books The Bones of Our Existence A Journal 2046 & his new books THE DYING TIME POEMS BY R.M. Engelhardt 2026 & NO KINGS 2025 available at Barnes & Noble and currently on Amazon. www.gentlemanoutsider.com *All Poems, Writings & Information Contained On This Blog Are The Property & Owned By The Author R.M. Engelhardt. © 2026 www.rmengelhardt.com

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  • Arm yourself …

    Arm yourself with pens and imagination, the paper is the empty space between the silence and the void. Fill it with words and ideas of grand thoughts and designs, unseen moments glimpsed out of secret corners. ~ R.M.

  • The Archeology of Her Smile

    ” I love you “ These words that he said A thousand lifetimes ago. A thousand women weeping A thousand flowers burned. The poem, Just written for someone, somewhere Once. Beloved A wife A daughter A love. About the archeology of her smile, About her hidden voice, The joyful noise of her child Or just the…

  • The Visionary …

    All men should possess a ‘visionary faculty’. Men do not, because they live wrongly. They live too tensely, under too much strain, ‘getting and spending’. But this loss of the visionary faculty is not entirely man’s fault, it is partly the fault of the world he lives in, that demands that men should spend a…

  • THE SOUL PARADE

      THE SOUL PARADE Y’know. This poem, ain’t about you. And this poem ain’t about a raging heart Or a saving grace. This poem has nothing to do with the blues,Robert Johnson, the devil or evenAll the saints. And this poem has nothing to do with the paranormal,Demons or the neon electric lights ofNear death,…

  • OCCUPY THE WORD… Poetry At The UAG On 01.16.2012

    OCCUPY THE WORDPoetry At The UAG! On Monday, JANUARY 16th the Saint Poem Reading Series will be holding a special event for all those who have poems they would like to share concerning politics, wall street and the current state of the world and America! Poets & Musicians Welcome! What do you have to say?  SAINT POEM…

  • New Work Published In Rusty Truck

    Under The Hunger Moon … http://rustytruck.wordpress.com/2011/12/27/under-the-hunger-moon-by-r-m-engelhardt/ New Work Published In Rusty Truck

  • The Christmas Truce 1914

    “The Truce” Christmas 1914 Though World War I had been raging for only four months, it was already proving to be one of the bloodiest wars in history. Soldiers on both sides were trapped in trenches, exposed to the cold and wet winter weather, covered in mud, and extremely careful of sniper shots. Machines guns…

  • Mona Lisa In Overdrive

    Communications From Elsewhere In mind, place & soundMona Lisa in overdrive Nearer to the groundThe wave She becomes. Dream state Sacrifice Legend Model. A smile Hiding behind a gaze Lovely In any time Or place or even Upon my wall. ______________ R.M. Engelhardt 2011

  • IN THE KINGDOM OF NIGHT (Be Thankful)

    IN THE KINGDOM OF NIGHT (Be Thankful)

    Be thankful. For round you, Thy life there is a world Without conscience Without light. To; All thee who live And all thee who strive Strife may not as yet Have touched your bones. So Be thankful. For the lark & the light And the music of the night And its kingdom. So far from…

  • The Printed Word …