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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R.M. Engelhardt
Poet, Writer And Author
Albany, NY

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

    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 LARK HALL!  *Join Us For…

  • Of Spirit, Ash & Bone By R.M. Engelhardt Now Available on Amazon

    OF SPIRIT, ASH & BONEIs the New Book By Author, Poet & Writer R.M. Engelhardt is something entirely different & new that has been written in the poetic form & style of Sermons & Southern Gothic*Biblical Religious texts as well as in other verse styles. Unlike his previous poems and works over the last some…

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

    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. Engelhardt is something entirely different & new that has been written in the poetic form & style of Sermons…

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

    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. Engelhardt is something entirely different & new that has been written in the poetic form & style of…

  • Eternal.

    It is and will always be what you say, what you write and what art you actually create that truly matters the most. Popularity doesn’t determine your worth and the followers will always come & go looking for the next big thing. That’s the unfortunate side effect of too much mass media. People not noticing…

  • INVOCATION OF THE MUSE: Open Mic For Poets Moving To Lark Hall 04.04.22

    INVOCATION OF THE MUSE: Open Mic For Poets Moving To Lark Hall 04.04.22

    INVOCATION OF THE MUSE:The Open Mic For Poets, Poetry & TheSpoken Word sponsored by Dead Man’s Press Ink is moving to Albany NY’s amazing venue Lark Hall located at 351 Hudson Avenue on Monday, April 4th 2022 kicking off National Poetry Month. DeadMansPressInk & myself are excited to announce the return of The Poetry Open Mic…

  • Of Spirit, Ash & Bone Poems Parables Coming Soon

    Of Spirit, Ash & Bone Poems Parables Coming Soon

    We live in destitute times wherein the gospel of greed and financial profit, not prophecy, answers our existential questions. The good poet, just as the prophet in days gone by, speaks to us in a language that jolts our memory and challenges our power of self-perception and imagination. ~ John Dewey Of Spirit, Ash &…

  • EXTREMUM VITAE SPIRITUM

    AURAL SUPREMACISTS another worthless war, war of words, weapons substituting the mystique of false authority in secular motion. Do not attempt to decieve these shadows … Death is death. Pain is pain. Violence is violence. The waves of voices, strangers screaming from far off distant lands we cannot fathom or ignore. We stand in rebellion.…

  • On Poetry, Witchcraft & Spells

    On Poetry, Witchcraft & Spells

    ~ R.M. Engelhardt, The Last Cigarette: The Collected Poems Of R.M. Engelhardt 1989-2006 2001 Words are powerful. Words make a difference. They can create and destroy. They can open doors and close doors. Words can create illusion or magic, love or destruction. … All those things.

  • An Interview With Albany’s Nippertown, July of 2021

    An Interview With Albany’s Nippertown, July of 2021

    Let’s be honest. 2021 was not the best of year’s for many of us with covid still rampant as well as for many of us still stuck working from home. But for me there were a few bright spots. Jai & I were able to create many new books for Poets & Authors at DeadMansPressInk…