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

Category: Albany Poets

  • Most Great Poets

    Most great poems never see the light of day. And most great poets? They pass away in the night unknown to a world that desperately needs their words.   ~ R.M.

  • Heaven ?

        An old man and his dog were walking along a country road, enjoying the scenery, when it suddenly occurred to the man that he had died. He remembered dying, and realized, too, that the dog had been dead for many years. He wondered where the road would lead them, and continued onward. After…

  • The Question

    So let us ask the question; Of transformed galaxies and Mass produced vanities Of simple walks and simple talks Of kings and queens and limousines or Riding on the bus And let us ask the question; Of random death and high school fun, Of Chinese checkers replacing guns, Of starving children in the sun and…

  • Ever After

    Some may read the words, others not. But the poem or the story never truly ends. The writers will write and singers will sing and every tomorrow is just another beginning. The human heart and voice, just like the muse is something eternal. And when we all drop off the map or walk somewhere off…

  • THE POEM REMAINS

     

  • THE UNCERTAIN MUSE

      Once Long ago She would bring me her Gifts   Decadence Fine wine Fame And Friends.   Never ending parties And beautiful words Magnificent and dressed in Black, poetry written and Cloaked in mystery and In the eternal darkness Of the night.   And now? These days She just brings me A six pack…

  • Be Visionary

    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…

  • “EPITAPH” LUMMOX #3

        Epitaph for     The lost poem Which contained   Everything And nothing.   Touched everyone, anyone Who desired   The mystery of mysteries Words of words, which brought forth   Language   Both blessed & cursed us Married us, buried us and parted   The heavens and the Deep blue seas  …

  • 20 Years

    Twenty years will come and go. Twenty years enough time to know that there’s beauty in all life. The clocks will stop, the hearts will die but the love will bring you home. The love will always bring you home and always find you.   ~ R.M. Engelhardt

  • It’s Been A Beautiful Fight

    Lighting new cigarettes, pouring more drinks. It has been a beautiful fight. Still is. ~  Charles Bukowski