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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  • REALITY IS BAD FOR BIZNESS

          Before super models Ruled the earth There were people. Before idiots Controlled The government There were wise men. The future Is now The past. Desolate faces Ride subway trains & buses without Hope. Hoping. And politics Has become A children’s Game. While going down On Madison Avenue The persuaders, Manipulators & Predators Worship…

  • Where Are All The New Voices?

      “O me! O life!… of the questions of these recurring; Of the endless trains of the faithless—of cities fill’d with the foolish; Of myself forever reproaching myself, (for who more foolish than I, and who more faithless?) Of eyes that vainly crave the light—of the objects mean—of the struggle ever renew’d; Of the poor…

  • Well Said.

  • A WRITER’S ADVICE

                  Poetry and cigarettes Will save your soul, Or what once Someone told me Before I grew old, And scotch and women? It’s all the same, For these four things Shall keep you quite sane But now that I’m older And wiser for wear I know it’s only love…

  • Life 102

        Never Let Anything Or Anyone Ever Mess With Your Zen … ~ R.M. ENGELHARDT

  • SAINT POEM BY R.M. ENGELHARDT

      In the time of the world’s night, the poet utters the holy ~ Heidegger Broken. Like the words or like the song Or like the man or like the poem His muse, his wife, his dog And if it ain’t gonna walk It begs It crawls And will eventually die Alone. Solitary-slow, old &…

  • ON THE VERGE OF EXTINCTION

      The time for poets Has passed. The time for words Is gone I have decided. Soul & mind As all the machines Take over As heart & guts are Fucked over by Commercials, jingles Liars, assholes & Trite hallmark cards That’s it I give up I’m finished I’m done I lost the fight And…

  • Why Is Contemporary American Poetry So Good?

    Why Is Contemporary American Poetry So Good? By  Seth Abramson {NB: Below is my response, as a poet, to an article published earlier today in the Washington Post entitled “Why Is Modern Poetry So Bad?”, which itself was a response to an article published online last week, in the July 2013 issue of Harper’s, entitled…

  • THIS SONG WHICH NEVER ENDS

      Such words, poetry rare Exulting reality Into voice           Expression Into being Being       into form. From out of ashes Out of seasons Years time and reason And from out of every man Woman born Conceived. All truths   shadows   And all loves Destructions and voices Perceived Complete and thus returning Like Angels Like Gods Again to tell…

  • Get THE RESURRECTION WALTZ

    Support Independent Publishing (And Poetry!)   Get your Copy Now …   Biography  Poet- Writer R.M. Engelhardt’s work over the years has been published and has R.M. Engelhardt’s work has appeared in many journals & magazines in both print and on the net including in Retort, Rusty Truck, Sure! The Charles Bukowski Newsletter, Thunder Sandwich,…