R.M. ENGELHARDT

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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

  • Unsung Poets…

    ARAGON

    There exists a black kingdom which the eyes of man avoid because its landscape fails signally to flatter them. This darkness, which he imagines he can dispense with in describing the light, is error with its unknown characteristics. Error i…s certainty’s constant companion. Error is the corollary of evidence. And anything said about truth may equally well be said about error: the delusion will be no greater.~ Louis Aragon

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    Louis Aragon

    (born Oct. 3, 1897, Paris, Fr. — died Dec. 24, 1982, Paris) French poet, novelist, and essayist. He was introduced by André Breton into avant-garde circles, and the two cofounded the Surrealist review Littérature in 1919. From 1927 he was increasingly a political activist and spokesman for communism, which resulted in a break with the Surrealists. Among his works are the novel tetralogy Le Monde réel, 4 vol. (1933 – 44), describing the class struggle of the proletariat; the huge novel Les Communistes, 6 vol. (1949 – 51); novels of veiled autobiography; and volumes of poems expressing patriotism and love for his wife. He was editor of the communist weekly of arts and literature, Les Lettres françaises, 1953 – 72.

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    L’amoureuse
    Elle est debout sur mes paupièresEt ses cheveux sont dans les miens,Elle a la forme de mes mains,Elle a la couleur de mes yeux,Elle s’engloutit dans mon ombreComme une pierre sur le ciel.Elle a toujours les yeux ouvertsEt ne me laisse pas dormir.Ses rêves en pleine lumièreFont s’évaporer les soleils,Me font rire, pleurer et rire, Parler sans avoir rien à dire 

    In English:
    The Beloved
    She is standing on my eyelidsAnd her hair is wound in mine,She has the form of my hands,She has the colour of my eyes,She is swallowed by my shadowLike a stone against the sky.Her eyes are always openAnd will not let me sleep.Her dreams in broad daylightMake the suns evaporateMake me laugh, cry and laugh, Speak with nothing to say.

  • Former Doors Mark 40th Anniversary of Jim Morrison’s Death

    Former Doors Mark 40th Anniversary of Jim Morrison’s Death

    Jim Morrison July 2, 1971

    Former members of The Doors have marked the 40th anniversary of Jim Morrison’s death in Paris.

    On Sunday, keyboardist Ray Manzarek and guitarist Robby Krieger lit candles at Morrison’s grave in the city’s Pere Lachaise cemetery.

    Morrison, the band’s lead singer, died of heart failure in a bath in Paris on 2 July 1971. He was 27.

    Hundreds of Morrison fans, some wearing T-shirts bearing the words 40th Anniversary, left flowers at the grave.

    Some sang and others read poems to mark the day.

    Morrison moved to Paris in 1971 to write.

    He was found dead in the bath by his girlfriend, Pamela Courson. A doctor’s report stated the cause of death was heart failure aggravated by heavy drinking.

    Morrison, the son of a US Navy admiral, was born in 1943 in Florida.

    He formed The Doors with Manzarek in 1965 in Los Angeles

    The band name was inspired by Aldous Huxley’s The Doors of Perception, about the author’s drug use.

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    Jim Morrison's Anniversary, Death

    What Would Morrison Look Like Today If He Had Lived?

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7771171.stm

  • Lou Reed Has A New Edgar Allen Poe-Inspired Graphic Novel

    Poe Lou Reed

    Lou Reed been quite busy these days. When he’s not collaborating with Metallica on a record, he’s spending time putting together a graphic novel based around his “spiritual forefather” Edgar Allen Poe, called, appropriately, The Raven.

    It’s not Reed’s first tangle with the author—in 2003, he released an album, also called The Raven, a Poe-themed project in which “Reed’s poetically streetwise sensibility merged with Poe’s dark chronicles of terror and despair.” Now Reed’s Poe-esque lyrics have been collected into a book and illustrated with paintings by New Yorker cartoonist Lorenzo Mattotti. And yes, the book looks just as creepy as you’d expect.

    Lou Reed Has A New Edgar Allen Poe-Inspired Graphic Novel

  • Poems On Black Cat …

    An online library of poems categorized by subject and poet…

    Black Cat

    Poems On Black Cat …

  • The German Baroness Else Baroness von Freytag-Loringhoven’s Poetry

    Astride

    Poem
    Saddling
    Up
    From
    Fir
    Nightbrimmed ⎯
    Clinkstirrupchink!
    Silverbugle
    Copperrimmed ⎯
    Keening ⎯
    Heathbound
    Roves
    Moon
    Pink ⎯
    Straddling
    Neighing
    Stallion :
    “HUEESSUEESSUEESSSOOO
    HYEEEEEE PRUSH
    HEE HEE HEEEEEEAAA
    OCHKZPNJRPRRRR
                HÜ
               /    
    HÜÜ            HÜÜÜÜÜÜ
            HÜ-HÜ!”
    Aflush
    Brink
    Through
    Foggy
    Bog
    They
    Slink ⎯
    Sink
    Into
    Throbb
    Bated.
    Hush
    Falls ⎯
    Stiffling ⎯
    Shill
    Crickets
    Shrill ⎯
    Bullfrog
    Squalls
    Inflated
    Bark
    Riding
    Moon’s
    Mica –
    Groin ⎯
    Strident!

    Hark!

    Stallion
    Whinny’s
    In
    Thickets.

    EvFL

    Aphrodite to Mars
    (read the original manuscript in the Baroness archives)

    Flashing blade –
    Poniard buried –
    High
    Flexible tenderness web
    Abdominal
    Of
    Systems
    Equal steel
    Shaped
    Female

    Aflirt
    Mars’
    Buried blade’s
    Keenness aggressive
    Into
    Keenness’ receptive
    Aristocratic
    Fit.

    Octopus charm’s
    Alluring
    Rubberdisk tenacity –
    Sucking
    Soft – energetic
    Into
    Systems mobile
    Knit
    Ceasar’s
    Digging
    Point
    Sharp kiss
    Plenishing
    Snapping thirst’s
    Drill gash
    Rimflush
    Ruby blood’s desire
    Equal
    Of
    Quality true –
    Gushing –
    Ejaculating silently
    High
    To
    Stain glintedges chased
    Pained tempered
    Flirt
    Ceasar’s crimson
    Supreme
    Cardinal
    Sheath
    In
    Hedges
    Of
    Pride’s beam –
    Brave blade’s
    Flash point –
    Poniard steel
    Mars asleep
    At
    Hearth
    Olympic.

    Octopus love pillows
    Recuperating
    Capacity
    Suckdisks clinglust
    To
    Sharp arm
    Within
    Ecstatic
    Elasticity
    Feminine

    Increases!

    Tournament dale –
    Mattress
    Of
    Supremely laurelled
    Victor

    Maturesmiled –
    Rosestrewn –
    Gaping –
    Openpetalled –
    Abandonflushed –
    Deep – satiated – red
    By:
    Virtue’s daring
    Brilliancy –
    Adorned

    EvFL

    Hell’s Wisdom
    (read the original manuscript in the Baroness archives)

    <All wisdom is profoundly trivial>
    Love is gravitation

    My “Derangement” dwells in absence – as – under circumstances existing – normally – it
    should be present.
    It maintains in circumstance –
    There I leave it.
    My being in senses right is normal height.
    It being uncommon – presents strange – as genius does – uncompanioned.
    Victim of circumstance I am not – as I am no dweller in
    For me – to be touched – touchably – by circumstance – normal
    To vacuous spectres of substance past – should so be abnormal – as to cause revulsion
    degree –
    Provoking instant insanity – whence I am protected by radius of spiritual emanation

    To circumstance I am immaterial – as is circumstance to me.
    Diametricaly opposed – alone we leave each other – charmed aloft
    Lone I – enhanced shrouded earth – by own atmosphere mine self’s own self – out-of
    circumstance cosmic star – volve revolve – evolve -I do – by starshaped pride stygmatized
    outcast from circumstanced press – presssure – I am.

    Social insanity – cosmic sanity – visible flesh – I am not present.
    Cosmic resident .
    That means :
    Responsibility sublime
    Capacity to measure.
    Bliss – damnation – alternating until equilibrium attainment
    Sway
    Balance
    Scalefix.

    Solution perfect of two in one.
    2: 1.
    Two in one is nil.
    2 : 1 = .
    Urstate sublimatedly
    Lifted sublime by blood sacrificial power flux :
    Radiance suffusion.
    Light equals light:
    Motion – rise
    Impulse. Motion –
    Top sun – it
                 
    Scalefix.

    Matter at ever higher level put
    Until cristal state –
    Graded circle:
                                    
    One and all is circle
          1 + =
    All in one is nil.
    : 1 =
    Nil is allsum
    =
    Allsum is in nil
    = :
    Life conquered – emotion solved
    Measureless limitless urfigure
    Assembled.
    Circle
    Navel
    Nil.

               Betwixt :
               Swing –
               Wheel
               Scale
               Until:
               Shot
               Middle
               Spot
               Hit - :
               Radiance
               Adash.

    EvFL

    The German Baroness Else Baroness von Freytag-Loringhoven’s Poetry

  • scienceandstuff:  Interesting Theory…

    Shakes

    Nerve: Anthropologist thinks Shakespeare may have been a pothead

    To inhale or not to inhale, that is the question. South African anthropologist Francis Thackeray thinks he may have discovered the true source of William Shakespeare’s poetic genius — marijuana. Back in 2001, Thackeray found several clay pipes with evidence of pot and cocaine being linked to Shakespeare’s garden. But now he is so set on proving his theory that he’s seeking permission from the Church of England to exhume the Bard’s body so he can physically analyze him.

    Shakespeare himself, however, doesn’t want to go anywhere, at least according to the inscription on his tombstone, which reads, “Blessed be the man that spares these stones/ And cursed be he that moves my bones.” Only time will tell if Thackeray will ever actually get access to Shakespeare’s remains. But if he does, we may finally learn just what that “noted weed” mentioned in Sonnet 76 is.

  • King Of The Literary Links

    ATTENTION FELLOW POETS, WRITERS & Ne’er-do-well’s…

    http://www.everywritersresource.com/Biglist.html

    Here is a link to the Holy Grail of Magazine Listings that take poetry submissions & prose submissions in some cases as well. There are 2000 links here…. Use them wisely.

    Best,

    R.M.Literary Links

    King Of The Literary Links

  • New Work Published In Horror Sleaze Trash Zine…

    New work, poetry published in Horror Sleaze Trash …

    Horror Sleaze Trash ...

    New Work Published In Horror Sleaze Trash Zine…

  • A POEM FOR EVERY MIME WHO HAS EVER ANNOYED US WITH A WALL IMITATION

    A POEM FOR EVERY MIME WHO HAS EVER ANNOYED US

    WITH A WALL IMITATION

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    Mime Poem

    Mime Poem 2

    R.M. ~ 1989

    Note …. I hate mimes.

  • weeklylizard:

    Vintage Books launches Weekly Lizard, a new mobile-enabled website for fans of mystery, crime, suspense, and thriller fiction. 

                                                                                             

    New York, NY (June 22, 2011) – Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, the leader in quality paperback crime fiction publishing, today launches Weekly Lizard, a content-driven, mobile-enabled site featuring the latest-breaking news and features from the world of crime, thrillers, suspense, and mystery novels.  With Weekly Lizard, readers will have a definitive new source of information on what’s new and what’s hot written by leading authors, booksellers, journalists, bloggers, and other experts in the mystery and thriller genre.  The new site can be found at www.weeklylizard.com.

     

    Regularly updated features and news articles (daily, weekly, and monthly) on Weekly Lizard will include in-depth author profiles (In the Lineup); informative and insightful essays and profiles of great mystery characters (Tough Guys and Dangerous Dames), a selection of great quotations from classic and contemporary mystery and thriller novels (Wiseguy Quotes), and early excerpts from hotly anticipated forthcoming novels.  Beyond breaking news stories, the site will draw on Vintage Crime/Black Lizard’s rich backlist, and exciting lineup of contemporary authors for original essays, and historical documents that will serve as an authoritative archive to interest any mystery buff. 

     

    Weekly Lizard will include information on Vintage Crime/Black Lizard’s classic crime writers Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, Eric Ambler, Chester Himes, Ross Mcdonald, and Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö; as well as current bestsellers Stieg Larsson, Henning Mankell, James Ellroy, Jeff Lindsay, John Burdett, and Ruth Rendell.  Features articles will also be derived from books and news across the publishing industry.

     

    Weekly Lizard will also be the go-to spot for the latest book-to-film news and features, as well as classic film noir.  Exclusive and original articles on upcoming releases will include major motion pictures such as Stieg Larsson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo starring Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara, and directed by David Fincher; George V. Higgins’ Cogan’s Trade starring Brad Pitt; Jo Nesbo’s Headhunters; and the upcoming remakes of Dashiell Hammett’s The Thin Man starringJohnny Depp, and Gregory Mcdonald’s Fletch. 

     

    The site will also cover current popular crime television series such as Showtime’s’ “Dexter” series starring Michael C. Hall based on Jeff Lindsay’s Dexter character; PBS’s “Wallander” series starring Kenneth Branagh, and based on Henning Mankell’s best-selling novels; HBO’s “Mildred Pierce” series starring Kate Winslet and based on the classic novel by James M. Cain; and PBS’s Masterpiece/Mystery!’s upcoming “Zen” series starring Rufus Sewell and based on Michael Dibdin’s Aurelio Zen detective novels.

     

    Along with original content that crime fiction fans won’t find anywhere else, the site features a sleek design in keeping with the iconic noir look that distinguishes Vintage Crime/Black Lizard. Readers will have a chance to participate in the rich crime writing community by sharing content across multiple social media platforms (including Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr) and by joining discussions related to the posts. Pulling from a large classic backlist, and the exciting new work being published every year, the Weekly Lizard is the new essential destination site for any mystery fan.

     

    The new site: www.weeklylizard.com

    And social media sites…

    FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/WeeklyLizard

    TUMBLR: http://weeklylizard.tumblr.com

    TWITTER: http://twitter.com/weeklylizard

     

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    About Vintage Crime/Black Lizard: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard was formed in June 1990 with the acquisition of Black Lizard, a renowned publisher of classic crime fiction that was created by Donald S. Ellis and Barry Gifford. Before the acquisition, Vintage Books was already publishing the work of respected American authors such as Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain, and Raymond Chandler under the Vintage Crime series. With Black Lizard came the literature of Jim Thompson, David Goodis, and other great noir writers of the post World War II era, allowing the formation of one of the preeminent crime publishers in the country. Vintage Crime/Black Lizard remains devoted to the best of classic crime, having added Eric Ambler, Chester Himes, and Ross Macdonald to the list. We are also proud to publish some of the most talented crime and mystery writers working today, including Henning Mankell, Lisa Unger, Stella Rimington, Carl Hiaasen, Michael Harvey, Ruth Rendell, April Smith and Andrew Vachss. 

     

    About Vintage Books: Vintage Books was founded in 1954 by Alfred A. Knopf as a trade paperback home to its authors.  Its publishing list includes a wide range, from the most influential works of world literature to cutting edge contemporary fiction and distinguished non-fiction.  As the continuous publisher of important writers including William Faulkner, Abraham Verghese, Sandra Cisneros, Vladimir Nabokov, Albert Camus, Ralph Ellison, A.S. Byatt, Philip Roth, Toni Morrison, Cormac McCarthy, Alice Munro, Orhan Pamuk, Dave Eggers, Robert Caro, Joseph Ellis, Haruki Murakami, and Gabriel Garcia Marquez, it is today’s foremost trade paperback  publisher.