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: Poetry

  • ALBANY POETRY NOSTALGIA 1999

  • Ruthless Gravity

    Tonight on television there is an actor talking about his battle with drug addiction, sex addiction and life. You would think that by the way the host is interviewing him that he is wise & worldly, an ancient sage from his battle with the curse of “celebrity” And there are a billion lights in the…

  • Marriage

                   R.M. ENGELHARDT, 2015

  • lá sona ú patrick ar a thabhairt duit !

    The most important things to do in the world are to get something to eat, something to drink and somebody to love you. ~ Brendan Behan Happy St. Patrick’s Day  

  • if you forget me

    I want you to know one thing. You know how this is: if I look at the crystal moon, at the red branch of the slow autumn at my window, if I touch near the fire the impalpable ash or the wrinkled body of the log, everything carries me to you, as if everything that…

  • TO ALL THE NEW POETS OF A YOUNG CENTURY

        So   You want to be a poet?   Then stand in line   Because just like every other damn poet That ever came before you You’ll have to write   And Twitter, Tumblr, Fumblr Whatever, will never save Your sorry ass   And the Pushcart Prize? They won’t reward you For writing…

  • “there is a loneliness in this world so great”

    “there is a loneliness in this world so great that you can see it in the slow movement of the hands of a clock. people so tired mutilated either by love or no love. people just are not good to each other one on one. the rich are not good to the rich the poor…

  • LIT 101

    Writers? We have to write. If we don’t our brains explode and the poetry, words and ideas go all over. We have to drink for inspiration. And we have to smoke at least a pack a day. Why? Because it’s the law. That’s why. And ? We must drink large amounts of coffee everyday just…

  • Why You Should Write?

    Because all ideas and words will burn a hole in your mind unless you write them down. ~ R.M. Engelhardt