Category: R.M. Engelhardt
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ThisIsn’t a poem This isn’t even a workOf fiction This is stark reality bleeding out non-stop screaming And this isn’t a phone recorded message on social media For It’s the one thing we all know, all thinkbut never dare say. Mostly out of fear. it’s all the shit rolling downhill until the monsters open fire…
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THEIR DAY IS COMING IPatientlySmoke myCigaretteAnd quietly Wait BecauseIn realityIn mourningThat’s all a manCan do In timesLike these My ageDoesn’t matterMy weaponsDon’t matter butMy voice? StillMatters Even thoughThey have triedTime & timeAgain to drownIt out For the secretThat most peopleOn the wrong side ofHistory don’tUnderstand isThat Poetry & WordsAre the most indestructibleMost powerful weaponsOn earth…
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IN A WORLD OF SORROW “There’s nothing we can do” So many people, movingBack & forth sayingThese things to themselvesTo get through the day Going to workTurning on the televisionTurning it off GoingTo sleep Feeling helpless Broken Lost Asking; Where are all our heroesWhere is our God ? Not realizing thatIn a world of sorrowThat…
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WHEN THE CLOCK BREAKS How times changeBut stay the same Places & people gone but still sharingSpace in our memories & dreams. Lovers leaving lovers meet.Some marry,some saying oh no, (not me) Believing they’ll just findAnother heart to break The clock of youth ticking away Tick Tock Tick Tock Tick … Too late. Too late…
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Human beings are not placed here on earth to be citizens or taxpayers, or socially engineered pawns of other human beings; rather they are here in order to grow, to transform, to become their authentic selves. Remember to BE YOU.
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POETS IN THE SUMMER Sittin ‘ outside on the terraceDrinking hot coffee & chainSmoking just lookin at hisPhone in 90 degree weather The neighbors ask? Is he insane?Is he crazy? Damn. What’s wrong withThat guy ? JustSittin ‘ outside on the terraceDrinking hot coffee & chainSmoking just lookin at hisPhone in 90 degree weather That’s…
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UNREST IN THE HOUSE OF LIGHT Perhaps when we get through this,When it’s all finally over then maybeAs a country and as a people and evenAs a world we will fix all his wrongs &Make better rights. If this all right nowIsn’t teaching us what was missing orWhat we’ve taken for granted beforeThen most likely…
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Print length148 pages LanguageEnglish Publication dateApril 14, 2025 Reading age17 – 18 years Dimensions8.25 x 0.53 x 11 inches ISBN-13979-8319446299 Book overview NO KINGS Is A Book Of Poetry By R.M. Engelhardt That Crosses & Annihilates Their False Government Line And Is Most Likely To Get Burned, Buried Or Censored. And Surely It Does Not…
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IN THE DAYS OFAMERICAN OBLIVION I try to avoidThe news I tryNot to believeWhat’s happening But cannot In a placeWe call theLand of the free But we askWhere are the brave? A placeWhere peopleAre being arrestedFor merely protesting Or for fighting back Where Nazi likeGroups in red hatsAre even allowedOn our streets supportedBy a false…
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THERE ARE BETTER So if no one has everTold you ? There are better poetsOut thereThan you Live poetsDead poetsPoets who are well … SomewhereIn between And there are better lawyersBetter bartendersBetter fightersBetter musicians, barbers& better drunksBut no uncorrupt politiciansWho do or can doAnything interestingOr of much merit At all And no matterWhat you do…
