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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  • nOpE ~A poem by R.M. Engelhardt

    In the beginning was the word, the wordThat from the solid bases of the lightAbstracted all the letters of the void;And from the cloudy bases of the breathThe word flowed up, translating to the heartFirst characters of birth and death. ~ Dylan Thomas,In The Beginning NoPe The 1st poem wasn’tWritten in EnglishIn fact it wasn’tWritten…

  • Poetry Collaboration: Backwards Until When (5) with R.M. Engelhardt (from Dead Man’s Press)

    Originally posted on Fevers of the Mind: https://rmthewriter.files.wordpress.com/2022/10/image-19.png part of the “The Empath Dies in the End” series Backwards Until When (5) 1 (David L O’Nan) I keep dreaming of a backwards red balloon floating in a bleeding sky, a paper sky I keep envisioning a backwards red balloon floating by, telepathically I know it…

  • I SING OF THE BODY DISSECTED. A Poem By R.M. Engelhardt

    I SING OF THE BODY DISSECTED. A Poem By R.M. Engelhardt

    I SING OF THE BODY DISSECTED So let us now allSing or if you believe Pray Not of these golden daysBut in this dead choir of reprieveOf anguish of suffering of days Let us all sing of the 21st centuryOf all our failures & the falseTriumphs & of the true progressOf men Unmade Undone Unseen…

  • The Common Man By R.M. Engelhardt

    The Common Man By R.M. Engelhardt

    THE COMMON MAN The Common ManSits in the workplaceBreaks his back inThe factory & writesPoetry On the side Doesn’t giveTwo shits aboutWhat the big wide worldThinks too busyTo deal with thoseWho have superiorityComplexes Issues & Destroys themAll with a mereSentence Moves on Keeps writing The Common ManSees what is & whatCould be Could’ve been CelebratesLife…

  • About R.M. Engelhardt

    Updates & Books. Tbe Dying Time . Poems By R.M. Engelhardt 2026 Published by Valhalla Shelter Press https://www.amazon.com/R-M-Engelhardt/e/B00ARLU4S0/ref=aufs_dp_mata_mbl

  • Poetry Lives In Albany NY

    Poetry Lives In Albany NY

    Photo By Leif Zurmuhlen

  • The World Doesn’t Stop

    The World Doesn’t Stop

    THE WORLD DOESN’T STOP The world doesn’t stopIf you’re angry The world doesn’t stop ifYou’re old or tired It doesn’t stop Regardless of your loveOr humanity The earth spins Keeps turning despiteYour lack of conformityOr caring, your belief orA non belief in a God orCharity against war orPoverty The world doesn’t stop Even if someone…

  • Of Spirit, Ash & Bone Poems*Parables Available Now On Amazon

    Originally posted on R.M. ENGELHARDT: https://rmthewriter.files.wordpress.com/2022/06/img_20220401_092826_376.jpg Of Spirit Ash & Bone Poems*Parables By R.M. Engelhardt https://rmthewriter.files.wordpress.com/2022/06/img_20220401_093337_183.jpg R.M. Engelhardt Today Is The Day … AVAILABLE NOW IN HARDCOVER: OF SPIRIT, ASH & BONEPOEMS ~PARABLES BY R.M. ENGELHARDT2022 Copyright DEAD MAN’S PRESS INK OF SPIRIT, ASH & BONEIs the New Book By Author, Poet & Writer R.M.…

  • The Last Real Poet

    The Last Real Poet

    THE LAST REAL POET The last real poetSits alone by himselfSomewhere in a cabinIn Upstate NYAround the age of 95 Still alive But they all forgot about himYears Ago The prizesThe many lives manyLoves he had once His memory fadesFrom time to timeUnsure if it was all real Meeting KerouacWas just like yesterdayReading upon the…

  • Coming In June DMITRY WILD AT INVOCATION OF THE MUSE POETRY OPEN MIC ALBANY

    Originally posted on R.M. ENGELHARDT: DMITRY WILD AT INVOCATION OF THE MUSE POETRY OPEN MIC INVOCATION OF THE MUSE:  MONDAY JUNE 6TH With Our Featured Poet DMITRY WILD ( Of Dmitry Wild & The Spells) With HOUSES IN MOTION (Beats + Electronics) ALBANY, NY’s OPEN MIC FOR POETS, WRITERS, POETRY & THE SPOKEN WORD AT…