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: R.M. ENGELHARDT, THE RESURRECTION WALTZ

  • SMOKE & MIRRORS

    S M O K E  &  M I R R O R S Dear Poet, Please do tell us, Do say. SPEAK Of what is “Human”? Shakespeare Writing writing writing Again & again About love & Betrayal. And Mr. Blake, Always writing About all those winged angels above Whilst Lucifer Sits alone in his Basement…

  • Franz Kafka’s Daughter Meets the Evil Nazi Empire!!!: The Heroism of Roaches Holocaust-Tainted Poems

    Franz Kafka’s Daughter Meets the Evil Nazi Empire!!!: The Heroism of Roaches Holocaust-Tainted Poems BY ELLIOT RICHMAN While many books have been published about the nightmare of Nazi Germany and the Holocaust, none have the unique mixture of horror, black comedy and existential bile that poet Elliot Richman brings to the subject. Traveling deep into…

  • Now On Goodreads

    Goodreads is a great place to find and review books. All styles & in all genres. Here’s the link as well as a list of some of my all time favorite books. Hope you’ll join me… R.M. … Now On Goodreads

  • R.M. Engelhardt. Writer~Poet-Albany,NY

    Where you can find my thoughts & poems… http://feeds.feedburner.com/RmEngelhardt www.rmengelhardtpoet.com http://albanypoetrm.blogspot.com R.M. Engelhardt. Writer~Poet-Albany,NY

  • Where To Get My Books…

    THE LAST CIGARETTE: THE COLLECTED POEMS OF R.M. ENGELHARDT First? I want to thank all of you who have welcomed me onto Tumblr with my new blog. It’s great to find a place where your poems…work is thoroughly appreciated and where  what you have to contribute & say matters. Second? A few people have already…

  • The Poems Of Twenty-Odd Six.

    Ahhhhhhh… Poetic Thomas Wolfe and Jack Kerouac Unicorns, God and the bible Rimbaud, Venus and Lucifer All in a dream, and a smoke. Death and the quiet of night Gunshots romantic and sad And Tupac, Cobain & Lennon All sitting in a cafeteria Drinking coffee Reading books And discussing them With Poe Who nods and…

  • In science truth, in art honour.

  • Houdini & The Afterlife

    Houdini & The Afterlife And now, Your attention pleaseLadies and gentlemen Join hands… In a “Séance” Halloween. The gone goodbye. The last touch for the last time all dies and memories all linger & all fade Leave. Requiem. Invite the ghosts for all thenight and all the long days which they have waited energies ionized…

  • Stop This City … I want to get off… David J. {Bauhaus} (Source: http://www.youtube.com/)

  • LEXIKON…

    LEXIKON Initiate. Trans-mute, TranscendAll “Matter” Bring Forth,And Thus Summon All Gods … And WordsObsolete (They Return) Creation. Soul. Dimension. Time. AWAKEN “The Dead” Sound~ECHO Of Crashing Waves EntitiesDying Against All Flesh Bleeding, Bled Into VOICE. As the Smoke Of Her Cigarettes, Her Smell& The Image Of Her Body All Still Linger, Like A Poem, Perfume…