RUMI'S SECRET & SOULFUL ADVICE ON WRITING Fuck this poem Fuck that poem Fuck it. Now fucking Start over again “Namaste” ~ R.M. Engelhardt RAW Poems 2023
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I Am The Door …
Lawrence Ferlinghetti's "Populist Manifesto No. 1." Poets, come out of your closets. Open your windows. Open your doors. You've been holed up too long. No time now for our little literary games. No time now for our paranoias and hypochondrias. No time now for fear and loathing. Time now only for light and love. Poets, … Continue reading I Am The Door …
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The School of Night. Albany, NY
In the late 1990s & into the early part of this century I created and ran a spoken word poetry open mic called THE SCHOOL OF NIGHT at Valentine's as well as at a few other locations afterwards in Albany, NY. The open mic was always extremely crowded and popular and we did alot of … Continue reading The School of Night. Albany, NY
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Poetry Must Be …
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MECHANISM
MECHANISM To summon All voices Magicks The poem An incantation A spell Whispering Into the void The silence Made form Made flesh The dreams Of man Temporal Corporal From Mind Body Soul The universal Thread A mechanism A transmission From The beginning To The end ~ R.M. Engelhardt
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REPETITION
REPETITION So let us call this Ruin Civilization Written Upon an ancient Wall Built By the Living Dead Without Empathy Mass Hysteria A history Without Clarity Created By egos Inhuman And not True men A standing Headstone Marking The end Of freedom ~ R.M. ENGELHARDT/2019
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Summer’s Gone
https://youtu.be/OvVWLVdPRpU A POEM
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Let Poetry Be Poetry: A Response To Recent Headlines
LET POETRY BE POETRY Attention: Don't apologize Don't cry Don't whine Leave it alone Don't change or Edit the world Be honest Be authentic Be real Because You're entitled No matter Who you are Or where you Live To be who you Were meant to be To say what needs … Continue reading Let Poetry Be Poetry: A Response To Recent Headlines
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A Revelation of Smoke
The Sunday Morning Church Bells Change The World From Dark To Light They Are A Sign That The World Is Still Alive Awake With Beauty Grace And Hope ~ R.M. #troyny
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Ferlinghetti …
“Pity the nation whose people are sheep, and whose shepherds mislead them. Pity the nation whose leaders are liars, whose sages are silenced, and whose bigots haunt the airwaves. Pity the nation that raises not its voice, except to praise conquerors and acclaim the bully as hero and aims to rule the world with … Continue reading Ferlinghetti …
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