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

  • Alis volat propriis

    “Alis volat propriis” ~

    Latin for “she flies with her own wings.” For the smart, strong, independent woman who, by virtue of her hard work and determination, has made a place for herself in this world.

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  • WALDEN

    Today is the anniversary of the publication of Henry David Thoreau’s

    transcendentalist masterpiece “Walden.”

     

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  • Here

    “We are here on earth to do good to others. What the others are here for, I don’t know.”

    ~ W.H. Auden

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    “The funny thing about enlightenment is that when it is authentic, there is no one to claim it.”
    ~  Adyashanti

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    “We grow in direct proportion to the amount of chaos we can sustain and dissipate.” ~ Ilya Prigogine

  • Love?

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  • “Chivalry”

    If tragedy = permission
    If love = desire
    How much we could have learned.

    If knights could have defeated dragons,
    steadfast, strong and true, I would
    have been all of these things for you.

    But love thee, love thee not,
    cancel my thoughts beside the vast
    cataclysm of unwanted dreaming.

    And here in the dark my existence still
    lingers for the spark which you have
    ignited once more “abandoned”

     

    ~ R.M. Engelhardt

     

    *This entry was posted in Poetry on February 26, 2007 by PoetsHaven.com.

  • “What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.”

    ~ John Steinbeck

     

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  • The Theory and Techniques of Surrealist Poetry

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    http://alangullette.com/essays/lit/surreal.htm

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    “redeemed from fire by fire”

    ~ T.S. Eliot