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

  • Instructions & invocations in preparation for the trip across the great river Styx

    1} Place two coins (one over each eye) before you start your journey to give to the ferryman. Your all seeing God may be waiting but just like an amusement park or a Disney film, it’s gonna cost you. *Cancel that. Apparently they no longer accept coins and have now jimmied the price up to…

  • Writers Are Desperate People …

      Writers are desperate people, and when they stop being desperate they stop being writers. ~ Buk

  • SURREALISM WILL …

    SURREALISM WILL USHER YOU INTO DEATH, WHICH IS A SECRET SOCIETY. IT WILL GLOVE YOUR HAND, BURYING THEREIN THE PROFOUND M WITH WHICH THE WORD MEMORY BEGINS. DO NOT FORGET TO MAKE PROPER ARRANGEMENTS FOR YOUR LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT: SPEAKING PERSONALLY, I ASK THAT I BE TAKEN TO THE CEMETERY IN A MOVING VAN. MAY…

  • spring

    spring omnipotent goddess Thou … ~ e. e. cummings

  • Denis Devlin ~ Poet

    Denis Devlin was born on April 15, 1908, in Greenock, Scotland, of Irish parents. He entered the Irish diplomatic service in 1935 and served in Europe and the United States, before being appointed minister plenipotentiary to Italy in 1950; he was accredited also to Turkey 1951, and was ambassador to Italy 1958. Admired by Beckett, who…

  • Radauskas

    A MECHANICAL ANGEL A mechanical angel’s duties are not difficult: Govern lightning bolts, bring bread and wine, Watch through the window how flames climb the walls, Talk with street lamps about old times. A mechanical angel’s duties are not difficult: Feed chimeras in the tower every hundred years, Step softly so the metal will not…

  • “Nicotine and alcohol embraced in my system like long-parted siblings, grateful to me for reuniting them.”   ~ Glen Duncan _____________

  • The School of Night Poetry Open Mic is Back in Session

    Apr 04, 2013 by Thom Francis | School of Night On Tuesday we told you about the upcoming Frequency North reading on April 11 and how Thursday nights are very busy in the poetry world here in Albany. Well, there is even more going on next Thursday evening as R.M. Engelhardt is resurrecting the School of Night poetry open mic…

  • Celebrate National Poetry Month : The 2013 Albany WordFest!

          In celebration of National Poetry Month, Albany Poets is proud to present the 2013 Albany Word Fest featuring the poetry and spoken word of upstate New York.  This year’s event will take place on Sunday, April 14 – Saturday, April 20, 2013.   “What a great way to celebrate National Poetry Month right here in…

  • In Your Mind

    In Your Mind In your mind one foot on Jacob’s ladder and one foot in the fire and it all goes down in your mind Livin’ at the bottom of the stairs of life never a smile knockin’ on your door the air is blue and so are you prehistoric monsters on the floor Last…