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

  • UNDER THE REIGN OF AN INSANE MONARCH

    UNDER THE REIGN OFAN INSANE MONARCH EverythingDies here Even the stars Under theDead weightThe blind hateOf 50 statesUnunited There is noBeauty here Only deathAnd decay And a flagNo longer ofMeaning Under the reignOf an insaneMonarch And the monstersWhich he has made ~ R.M. Engelhardt©2025

  • COFFEE MESSIAH

    COFFEE MESSIAH When the sun comes up And the dawn of a new day Rises Fuk em. I’m a coffee messiah When people don’t Like what I say or write Fuk em. I’m a coffee messiah When the job Gets stressful & The people get tired Fuk em. I’m a coffee messiah & I’m 2000…

  • WE NEED MORE HEROES

    WE NEED MORE HEROES

    We need more heroes

  • ADVICE ON BECOMING UN-AMERICAN

    ADVICE ON BECOMING UN-AMERICAN Step One: Become a spirit vanishing from sight Step Two: Say nothing.Do nothing. And let all the monsters take over Ignore violence. Ignore the cries ofChildren being separated from their mothers Families Three: Turn off the real newsIgnore the fake news Stop giving a shit about everythingEveryone No empathy. No human…

  • Unrest In The House Of Light

    Unrest In The House Of Light

    UNREST IN THE HOUSE OF LIGHT Perhaps when we get through this,When it’s all finally over then maybeAs a country and as a people and evenAs a world we will fix all his wrongs &Make better rights. If this all right nowIsn’t teaching us what was missing orWhat we’ve taken for granted beforeThen most likely…

  • Dead Man’s Press Ink Albany NY & BookShop

    Dead Man’s Press Ink Albany NY & BookShop

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  • THE POET LAUREATE OF ALBANY

    THE POET LAUREATE OF ALBANY Someone once mistookMe for some kind of celebrity A celebrityWithout money Only words But thirty yearsPasses by with eachPassing obituary The death of familyThe death of friends The death of momentsOf highs & lowsDrunken sonnets & love& Unemployment woes And if anythingPoetry is made of just that Broken loveBroken soulsBroken…

  • National Poetry Month 24′. A Damn Good Time For Change ~ DEAD MAN’S PRESS INK

    National Poetry Month 24′. A Damn Good Time For Change ~ DEAD MAN’S PRESS INK

    National Poetry Month. Change is Now

  • Decisions. Or What We Now See On Social Media & Freedom Of Speech

    Decisions. Or What We Now See On Social Media & Freedom Of Speech

    Life is fundamentally a mental state. We live in a dream world that we create. Whose life is truer, the rational man of action pursuing practical goals of personal happiness and wealth or the philosophic man who lives in a world of theoretical and metaphysical ideas? We ascribe the value quotient to our lives by…

  • The Evolution Of Poetry, Social Media & Dead Man’s Press Ink Albany NY

    The Evolution Of Poetry, Social Media & Dead Man’s Press Ink Albany NY

    So here we are. The 21st century. Well well . But since roughly around the 1990s America let alone many other countries really haven’t progressed that much at all … with the exception of the internet & social media. C’mon lets face it. It’s true. We still have poverty, war and high amounts of violence,…