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

Category: Poems

  • Talon-Poems Albany Poets

    https://albanypoets.com/poets/r-m-engelhardt  

  • A Revelation of Smoke

      The Sunday Morning Church Bells Change The World From Dark To Light They Are A Sign That The World Is Still Alive Awake With Beauty Grace And Hope ~ R.M. #troyny

  • WORDS

    Searching for words In the morning sun Of another new day ~R.M. Engelhardt

  • BELTANE

    BELTANE If a new world begins once again As an ode to the light conceived, The cold The dark turned away Then I shall return In the sunlight Like memory Like Spring Again ~ R.M. Engelhardt 2017

  • A Winters’ Tale

    A WINTERS TALE In the evening The early morning This small world Exists in silence Just the wind The snow envelops All lights & this city And the earth Has momentarily Ceased Traveled back in Time before man Ran the show The trees Don’t seem To care I breathe in The dark and Breathe out…

  • Curve

    Curve

  • 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

  • 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

  • “Revealed”

    “Revealed”

    Spontaneous Combustion, March, 2046 http://thepoemremains.com/the-bones-of-our-existence-r-m-engelhardt