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

  • Caraco

      But why preach to these billions of sleepwalkers, walking toward chaos in equal step, under the guidance of their spiritual seducers and under the baton of their masters? They are guilty because they are innumerable, the masses of the damned must die in order for a human restoration to be possible…What do we care…

  • David Tennant Resuscitates Shakespeare in Brooklyn — Observer

    ‘There’s alchemy in those words, and when it starts sparking in your brain it is magical.’ via David Tennant Resuscitates Shakespeare in Brooklyn — Observer

  • Forget The Dust

    Originally posted on The Bones of Our Existence~A Journal, 2046: FORGET THE DUST An old man Upon an old bed I now breathe slowly And remember All of it Every moment Every dream And I still believe Still hold all these Beliefs that Everything is Still everything Love Is still Everything That the words are…

  • jim harrison | five poems

    Originally posted on poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground: POETRY DISPATCH No. 362 | January 5, 2012 JIM HARRISON FIVE POEMS Editor’s Note: I just trashed a lead-in piece, essay, on Harrison that I spent too much of yesterday (and the afternoon of the day before) writing. I liked where it was going,…

  • Easter

    Waitin on the resurrection The bartender pours me Another drink A guy who looks Like Jesus walks Into the bar The punch line Gets lost in translation He calls me a cab And then mysteriously Disappears The end ~ R.M. Engelhardt

  • Age

  • WALT WHITMAN IS DEAD

    Originally posted on R.M. ENGELHARDT: Whitman died on this day in 1892; aged 72. A public viewing of his body was held at his Camden home; more than one thousand people visited in three hours and Whitman’s oak coffin was barely visible because of all the flowers and wreaths left for him. Four days after…

  • Three Things

  • The Poem Remains: Tribulations

    The”Bones of Our Existence, A Journal 2046″ my new book is now up & online. Find the words, the work & the poetry here. Look for 2 , The free PDF chapbook and the audio versions of the pieces to be added soon.   Thanks again for all your support, love and comments.   The…

  • Light

    The deal is no matter what, no matter how bad things get or are that we try. Even in the worst of times we must remember there will be light, someone, somewhere waiting. ~ R.M. Engelhardt The Bones of Our Existence http://www.thepoemremains.com