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

  • LIT 101

    Writers?

    We have to write. If we don’t our brains explode

    and the poetry, words and ideas go all over.

    We have to drink for inspiration. And we have to smoke at least a pack a day.

    Why?

    Because it’s the law. That’s why.

    And ? We must drink large amounts of coffee

    everyday just to stay awake.

    I didn’t make these rules.

    I blame Hemingway.

    But in the end it’s only the words that matter

    That’s all

    ~ R.M.

    LIT 101
    LIT 101
  • Johnny Cash February 26, 1932 ~ September 12, 2003
    Johnny Cash
    February 26, 1932 ~ September 12, 2003

  • Why You Should Write?

    Because all ideas and words will burn a hole in your mind unless you write them down.

    ~ R.M. Engelhardt

     

    R.M. Engelhardt Quotes

  • Adam Zagajewski

    defending poetry.jpg

  • A Mature, Respectfully Artistic Poem Written for Kanye West

    A Mature, Respectfully Artistic Poem Written for Kanye West Or

                      (Kanye Is A Douchebag)

     kanye-west-poem

     

    So just the other day I

    Was writing a poem

    About Beck

     

    Then Kanye tried to steal it,

     

    What the heck?

     

    And then I was writing a poem

    For Beyoncé too, but

    Kanye told me I wasn’t

    Good enough to

     

    So now let’s face it

    Perhaps Kanye was right,

    Perhaps it’s because

    Beck & Taylor are white

    But masterfully I being

    Quite artistic too

    Say “Kanye you’re a douchebag”

    So here’s a poem for you

     

    (I just hope that you respect my artistry)

     

    ~ R.M. 

     

  • It’s On The Way …

    AlbanyPoets 2015

  • The Universal Poet: Walt Whitman’s Response to the Emerson Ideal

    Great Article Harley …

  • she dreams in syllabus

    “You dream in syllabus, questions. And see the lines that others cannot.
    And you waltz across the dance floor of the world with verses and wit.

    For this moment
    Is honest, simple.

    But does not truly exist, or last forever”

     

    ~ R.M. ENGELHARDT

  • tom waits diner
    “I’ve always been a word guy, I like weird words and I like American slang and all that and words that are no longer being used… I like to drag them out of the box and wave them around… this is an interesting one, it’s amazing how in addition to punctuation just a little pause in the wrong place can just completely transform the meaning of something.”
    ~ Tom Waits

  • Everette Maddox : Poet

    Everette Maddox : Poet.