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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  • New Work Published In Horror Sleaze Trash Zine…

    New work, poetry published in Horror Sleaze Trash … New Work Published In Horror Sleaze Trash Zine…

  • A POEM FOR EVERY MIME WHO HAS EVER ANNOYED US WITH A WALL IMITATION

    A POEM FOR EVERY MIME WHO HAS EVER ANNOYED US WITH A WALL IMITATION ______________________________________ R.M. ~ 1989 Note …. I hate mimes.

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  • Profiles: Steve Kilbey~Musician, Poet & Painter

    STEVE KILBEY Steve Kilbey (born 13 September 1954, Welwyn Garden City, England) is the lead singer-songwriter and bass guitarist for The Church, an Australian rock band. He is also a music producer, poet, and painter.  Kilbey began his professional music career at age 17 when he joined a “cabaret band”. He then joined Precious Little,…

  • Somebody Else : Rimbaud As An Adult

    Somebody Else: Arthur Rimbaud in Africa Charles Nicholl Random House, 1997 335pp ISBN: 0-224-04376-5  Reviewed by Ann Skea “…one might glimpse an underlying motive of the African years – to recover something elemental and primitive, an ancient feast, a mythologized childhood, an antidote to Europe corrupted by sophistication and pretence.” Charles Nicholl’s comments on Rimbaud…

  • Illuminations…. Arthur Rimbaud.

    Childhood. III In the woods there is a bird; his song stops you and makes you blush. There is a clock that never strikes. There is a hollow with a nest of white beasts. There is a cathedral that goes down and a lake that goes up. There is a little carriage abandoned in the…

  • Paris bar honors The Doors; may have to close them

    Paris bar honors The Doors; may have to close them By JENNY BARCHFIELD, Associated Press –   June 10, 2011 PARIS (AP) — The walls of the Paris bar are plastered with images of Jim Morrison and The Doors, and a bust of the lead singer presides over the beer tap — all part of…

  • Poem “Burn” In Red Fez

    Poem By R.M. Engelhardt.  June 2011 Poem “Burn” In Red Fez

  • THE SAINT POEM READING SERIES AN OPEN MIC FOR POETS & WRITERS Monday, June 20 · 8:00pm – 11:00pm Upstate Artists Guild247 LARK STREETAlbany, NY THE SAINT POEM READING SERIESAN OPEN MIC FOR POETS, POETRY & THE SPOKEN WORDMONDAY, JUNE 20th At The UAG: Featured Poet : AVERY STEMPELBIO: Avery Stempel has been writing poetry and…

  • Use This Word in a Sentence: “Experimental” (1998) by Ann Lauterbach

    All Poetry Is Experimental … Use This Word in a Sentence: “Experimental” (1998) by Ann Lauterbach