Category: R.M. Engelhardt Poem
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There isA sacred momentJust before the light Sounds Birds The windThe silence A beautiful worldWithout people Until the garbageTrucks start drivingThrough the streetsOf the morning dawn ~ R.M. Engelhardt©2023
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The breath of smoke moves through the early morning air, new frost upon the cold hard ground, sun through the trees. Winter still sleeps as the ravens call out to the gods. Our time slows down for merely a moment. Enough to feel the earth’s voice asking only for mere notice. ~ R.M. Engelhardt ©2022
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BLACK NOISE The dreams around us Encompassed by the dark Erotic visions of night Surrounded By Black Noise Where the music Begins & Ends In Silence & Desolation In Destruction In Exhilaration Against a Background Of Want Of Need Of Longing For Something More ~ R.M. Engelhardt ©2023
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DOOMED IN VANITY The Voices Storming allThe castle wallsFrom all directionsPlaces & homesWith words Phrases It’s now all a game Like chessOr maybe checkers Check Mate Human cadaversHuman wretch &Apathy Popularity Writhing Across the board Some? The gatekeepersThe stormsThe lost& faithful souls All the believersAnd the vultures SearchingTrolling Looking for a bite To eat All…
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THE GATHERING All candles lit In the dark room The ritual begins With smoke, The ceremony A series of words summoning Invoking the voices Of The Dead More than a mere event The table a Connection Holding hands The seance begins Are you here? Are you with us? Show us A sign A single Fall…
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HAVE YOU FOUND JESUS? Excuse me but … Have You Found Jesus? Yes He was wanderingHomeless through the park soI bought him a sliceOf pizza Have You Found Jesus? Yes He was freezing outsideOn the street in an oldSleeping bagIn thirty degree weather oldWith no job or dreamsOr stories left to tell Have You Found…
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LEWISTON They said: 18 people were killed13 others were injured They said: Stay inside Lock all your doors Pray for others Stay safe But what doorWhat prayerAnd what GodWill save you? Against aHail of bulletsRipping throughThe darkness ofThe night? Taking away allThe living All their lives They say In one of the safest statesIn the…
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No One is Coming To Save You. Write Poetry. ~ R.M. Engelhardt ©2023
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META-CRISIS RADIO SILENCE Good Evening We are just experiencing a few technical difficulties But no worries Just ignore it all The burning & the lethal flowThe weather just a little bit off but noNothing to worry about here at all noNo no no not a thing not at all as the leaves fallingFrom the trees…
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HERO When a good man literally Fights & suffers for Cause Risks Everything he has His life His future His very existence And then Gets betrayed Stabbed in the back By his own People Friends Leaders All hope All glory Stolen Then what Did you expect? History Has always been Full of assholes That don’t…
