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Poetry
THE STORY OF MANKIND
TheySee the world asRevolving around them Brains wired Melodramatic Sticks &Stones &More Bullshit As usual repetition The same story That's never changed War JealousyVanityDeath Stupidity God? War JealousyVanityDeath Stupidity God? Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. This shitIs gettingBoring ~ R.M. Engelhardt©2023
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Night Walking
NIGHT WALKING SometimesWe get lonely SometimesWe feel alone It doesn't really matterIn a world of a billion peopleMore than that inhabitingThe earth It's just a matterOf the dark And the light We walk throughCities & crowdedStreets but all thesePeople are strangers You can get a drinkAt the bar or justLook into the eyesOf passerbys All … Continue reading Night Walking
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I Am The Door …
Lawrence Ferlinghetti's "Populist Manifesto No. 1." Poets, come out of your closets. Open your windows. Open your doors. You've been holed up too long. No time now for our little literary games. No time now for our paranoias and hypochondrias. No time now for fear and loathing. Time now only for light and love. Poets, … Continue reading I Am The Door …
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On T.S. Elliot & The Death of Poetry. Another Opinion – R.M. Engelhardt
So apparently this article has been moving around a bit in Facebook groups. The writer is not the first to coin the term " Poetry is Dead" or for that matter the poetic viewpoint that T.S. Elliot was the game changer. What is your idealism or belief? This is not so much a critique as … Continue reading On T.S. Elliot & The Death of Poetry. Another Opinion – R.M. Engelhardt
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WITH NOTHING MORE TO SAY
WITH NOTHING MORE TO SAY Some dayOne dayYou won't reach outFor fameBecause it doesn'tExist never existedNever came or stayedor ever paidThe rent True Or real Or yours Or was everTruly Like words And then? SomedaySometime offIn a near distant future place youWill find yourself standing upOn a stage older And under the lights All alone … Continue reading WITH NOTHING MORE TO SAY
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Talking Political Writing, Post-Pandemic Arts, and Finding Home with R.M. Engelhardt
*An Interview With Thom Francis of The Hudson Valley Writers Guild. https://www.mediasanctuary.org/stories/2022/talking-political-writing-post-pandemic-arts-and-finding-home-with-r-m-engelhardt/ R.M. Engelhardt started sharing his poetry at local open mics in the early-90s and has since been a driving force in keeping the poetry and spoken word alive and well in the area. He has hosted a number of readings and events over … Continue reading Talking Political Writing, Post-Pandemic Arts, and Finding Home with R.M. Engelhardt
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Shadows By R.M. Engelhardt
Within each man a shadow exists. The shadow of his past.The shadow of his future. And the shadow of all the things heCould have been. ~ R.M. Engelhardt
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The Outsider …
"…The Outsider is doubly a rebel: a rebel against the Established Church, a rebel against the unestablished church of materialism. Yet for all this, he is the real spiritual heir of the prophets…The purest religion of any age lies in the hands of its spiritual rebels. The twentieth century is no exception." ~ Colin Wilson
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