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: Inspiration

  • The Dead Crooner

    The Dead Crooner. THE DEAD CROONER This ain’t the story of Bing Crosby. And sure as shit ain’t the story of Sinatra or Fred Astaire either. This is a story unfit for Bobbie-soxers & the elderly. And this is not the story of some sentimental journey, a very very long-time “ago”. So let’s all get…

  • Eclipse

        Nothing is there beyond hope Nothing that can be sworn impossible Nothing wonderful, since Zeus, Father of the Olympians Made night from mid-day Hiding the bright sunlight And sore fear came upon men. [Perhaps written having seen the eclipse of 6 Apr 648 BC.]

  • SUMMER DEEP : MARC BOLAN

    “Summer deep is in the hills again His lady is a lioness Winds of birds blow through the fields again Invaders from the true worlds” ~ Marc Bolan

  • ANDY KAUFMAN IS ?

                                Andy Kaufman is Dead Andy Kaufman is Dead Andy Kaufman is Dead Andy Kaufman is Dead Andy Kaufman is Dead   Andy Kaufman is Dead?   Andy Kaufman is Andy Kaufman is Andy Kaufman is Andy Kaufman is Andy Kaufman is…

  • DAMES …

      All dames are alike: they reach down your throat and they can grab your heart, pull it out and they throw it on the floor, step on it with their high heels, spit on it, shove it in the oven and cook the shit out of it. Then they slice it into little pieces,…

  • Venator sequitur fugientia; capta relinquit; Semper et inventis ulteriora petit.

      The hunter follows things which flee from him; he leaves them when they are taken; and ever seeks for that which is beyond what he has found.   ~ Ovid~ Amorum (16 BC), Book II. 9. 9.

  • Like Statues

    Like statues we stand in silence and grace.   ~ R.M. ENGELHARDT  

  • No Matter

      No matter how hard you study, if you do not become one with the art you pursue you can never truly be one with the universe and the spirit of the thing itself will always elude you. You must have extraordinary passion, patience, and self discipline to make the journey alone.   ~ Miyamoto…