Category: Books
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NATIONAL POETRY DAY What is ” National “These days? And whatIs “Poetry?” Is it the screamingSound of immigrants &Their children beingHandcuffed & pushedInto a black van? Is it the sound ofAssholes in masksPretending that theyAre real human beings? JokingAbout the murder Of Poets? Nurses? What is ” National “These days? And whatIs “Poetry?” It is…
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THE DYING TIME, POEMS BY R.M. Engelhardt is a visceral, raw collection of poetry that functions as both a political manifesto and a spiritual eulogy for a fractured America. Published in 2026 by Valhalla Shelter Press, the work captures a sense of immediate crisis, weaving together themes of societal decay, the loss of artistic “magic,”…
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THE POETIC DRIFTER A poem hereA poem there Another poemOr a book ofPoems that won’tPay the bills But here I am After all theseYears somewhat famousAnd well read In journalsAnd in onlineMagazines But not richAnd never will be Never expected to beOr looked for money orFame in the 1st place Because IJust liked writing, being,Reading…
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Nick Cave. Who Are Your Favorite Poets?
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Your soul will never be quiet until you find this new place. It is your destiny. With it, you will illuminate the world. ~ THE LOST CITY OF Z
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Quote from a recent article
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“Every day we slaughter our finest impulses. That is why we get a heartache when we read those lines written by the hand of a master and recognize them as our own, as the tender shoots which we stifled because we lacked the faith to believe in our own powers, our own criterion of truth…
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“Not as we are but as we must appear, contractual ghosts of pity; not as we desire life, but as they would have us live, set apart in timeless colloquy. So it is required; so we bear witness, despite ourselves, to what is beyond us, each distant sphere of harmony forever poised, unanswerable. It is…
