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

  • IN THE ABSENCE OF LIGHTS : Where Noir Meets Verse

    IN THE ABSENCE OF LIGHTS Dark-mirrored hallways a dim precision march Here we have tread before Without fear/Well measured Pagan desires and objective Study. Pavlov’s dog is still Breathing, his cigarette falls To the floor and he dances like a manic animal. Lost in the headlights, accidents shall occur once more. There are no excuses…

  • OF POETRY, WHISKEY AND BUK

        2 shots = happiness 3 shots = love   While 4 shots will make you Bukowski or at least you think so at the bar.   and 5 shots will make you a genius as you stumble towards the mic, as you mumble something incredible and all the other drunks applaud   (and…

  • Dillinger …

          Stranger stop and wish me well, Just say a prayer for my soul in hell. I was a good fellow, most people said Betrayed by a woman dressed in all red.   ~ Unknown, Famous Alleyway Poem Found Next To   Where John Dillinger Was Shot & Killed.  

  • Poet R.M. Engelhardt finds hope in words ~ Times Union 3/14/13

    Poet R.M. Engelhardt finds hope in words Engelhardt expresses hope in power of language By Amy Biancolli Published 2:11 pm, Wednesday, March 13, 2013   The poems of R.M. Engelhardt don’t assert faith in much. Not religion. Not a society that ignores the plight of the downtrodden while glorifying the rich. As he writes in…

  •     Time is the substance from which I am made. Time is a river which carries me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger that devours me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire that consumes me, but I am the fire.” ~  Jorge Luis Borges

  • “The hangover was brutal but he didn’t mind. It told him he had been somewhere else, someplace good.” ~ Charles Bukowski

  • “What was your phrase? ‘God’s gone, meaning too, yet aesthetic fraudulence still has the power to shame …’ Aesthetic fraudulence, notice. Telling the truth is a beautiful act even if the truth itself is ugly—and my dear man, you can’t stop caring about beauty. That is your real predicament, your real curse.” ~ Glen Duncan

  • THIS SONG WHICH NEVER ENDS

        Such words, Poetry rare Exulting reality Into voice           Expression Into being Being       into form. From out of ashes Out of seasons Years time and reason And from out of every man Woman born Conceived. All truths   shadows   And all loves Destructions and voices Perceived Complete and thus returning Like Angels Like Gods Again to…

  • WHERE TO GET THE RESURRECTION WALTZ

    WHERE TO GET THE RESURRECTION WALTZ R.M. Engelhardt is an underground writer whose poetry and writing has been widely published in many online magazines as well as in print magazines over the last  20 years or so. He is the author of several books such as “The Last Cigarette, The Collected Poems Of R.M. Engelhardt” and…