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

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  • The Literary Rogue Returns!

    Smoke? Because you’re going to have to wait just a few more days for the 2nd Grand Online Issue Of “THE LITERARY ROGUE” So in the meantime light up, have a drink and check out our 1st Issue. www.theliteraryrogue.com

  • I am the speeding spark of light flung by God from the forge of Chaos. I soar on wings swifter than wind above the paths Of pulsing stars …

  • The Visionary …

    The Visionary ….

  • No More Love Poems …

    No More Love Poems.       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…

  • THE RESURRECTION WALTZ BOOK SIGNING, THURSDAY MARCH 14th

    THE RESURRECTION WALTZ, R.M. ENGELHARDT BOOK LAUNCH & BOOK SIGNING Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza 1475 Western Ave, Albany, NY Stuyvesant Plaza · Thursday, March 14, 2013 from 7:00 PM to 9:00PM R.M. ENGELHARDT, THE RESURRECTION WALTZ

  • THE LAST CIGARETTE, Collected Poems 1986~2006

    THE LAST CIGARETTE :THE COLLECTED POEMS OF R.M. ENGELHARDT 1989~2006 (Read in Fullscreen) by R.M. Engelhardt Poet, Writer Engelhardt Publishes His Collected Poems _______________ MICHAEL ECK Special to the Times UnionSection: Arts-Events, Page: H1 Date: Sunday, October 29, 2006 R.M. Engelhardt wears black sunglasses in the shade. He chain-smokes Djarums until his head is wreathed…

  • Of Ghosts, Dust & Forgotten Poems: R.M. Engelhardt

    DUST   I have long since disappeared from these places. Time speaks and all I have left is gone where meaningless gestures from strangers in a foreign land signify nothing, the circle once more revolving and unfolding the mysteries of sleep. And everything, macrocosm and microcosm, has merely become a dream. Dead sonnets and broken…

  • The Open Library

    The Last Cigarette: The Collected Poems Of R.M. Engelhardt   These are the earlier collected works of Albany, NY based poet, writer & author R.M. Engelhardt who has published several books over the last two decades. Engelhardt through his ideas & visions has helped to create a large amount of the Upstate, Albany, NY spoken word~poetry…

  • Selling Out The Gods…

    SELLING OUT THE GODS Lizard King lunchboxes for Precocious children are coming soon To a supermarket near you. They will be next to the Jim Carroll  Action figures and the “Rimbaud was  a wildman” T-Shirts in isle 5. The Jack Kerouac cereal is fortified  And delicious … _________________ R.M. Engelhardt 2005

  • MEMENTO~POEM TO PAST SELF IN FUTURE TENSE : Poems 2oo2

    MEMENTO Better to feel                  (Than be) Blood rushes thru veins And the heart beats, Only one-day to complete its duty. While eventually earth and gods shall all come Crashing down And kingdoms & civilizations fade. And so please, I ask you only this; That when I leave…