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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  • POEM TO PAST SELF IN FUTURE TENSE

              MEMENTO   Better to feel (Than be) Blood rushes thru veins And the heart beats, Only one-day to complete its duty. While eventually earth and gods shall all come Crashing down And kingdoms & civilizations fade. And so please, I ask you only this; That when I leave to let…

  • Pushing verses Past Their Limits …

    Pushing verses Past Their Limits …

    By Lynn Alexander, Full of Crow Magazine     R.M. Engelhardt acknowledges that there is a difference between the passive participant and those who live a passion-driven life, but can often be seen in “Versus” wondering if there is a difference in the end. Passion clearly perpetuates the creative imperative, manifest in poets like Engelhardt…

  • His hunger and thirst had been immense: he was caught up for the first time in a Faustian web—there was no food that could feed him, no drink that could quench his thirst. Like an insatiate and maddened animal he roamed the streets, trying to draw up mercy from the cobblestones, solace and wisdom from…

  • SAINT POEM BY R.M. ENGELHARDT

      In the time of the world’s night, the poet utters the holy ~ Heidegger Broken. Like the words or like the song Or like the man or like the poem His muse, his wife, his dog And if it ain’t gonna walk It begs It crawls And will eventually die Alone. Solitary-slow, old &…

  • ON THE VERGE OF EXTINCTION

      The time for poets Has passed. The time for words Is gone I have decided. Soul & mind As all the machines Take over As heart & guts are Fucked over by Commercials, jingles Liars, assholes & Trite hallmark cards That’s it I give up I’m finished I’m done I lost the fight And…

  • Who Was He?

  • Hell, A Prose Poem by Peter Johnson

      HELL   “If you want to understand the social and political history of modern man, study hell.” ~ Thomas Merton It’s probably like the excitement of your first cigarette, but it lasts forever, that dizzying nausea — the Unknown: with imitation human heads on their buttocks, bats leaping from black books, dragon tails waving,…

  • Like The Book? Support It On Facebook.

    Then join the new “Resurrection Waltz” Book Page On Facebook ! Thanx! ~ R.M. https://www.facebook.com/TheResurrectionWaltz

  • New Evidence Of The Resurrection …

    New video of me reading the poem “Silence Falls” from my new book “The Resurrection Waltz” at The Book House in Albany, NY. A special thanks goes out to my friends Murrow (Thom Francis/Keith Spencer) & Albany Poets for helping to create such a great night of friends & poetry. ~ R.M. An Interview With…

  • The Resurrection Waltz – The New Book of Poetry from R.M. Engelhardt, An Interview With Albany Poets

      This coming Thursday, March 14, at the Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza local poet R.M. Engelhardt will be launching his brand new book, The Resurrection Waltz, with a special reading and a performance by Murrow (Thom Francis and Keith Spencer). R.M. has been a a big part of the local poetry scene for over…