The Last Real Poet By R.M. Engelhardt THE LAST REAL POET The last real poetSits alone by himselfSomewhere in a cabinIn Upstate NYAround the age of 95 Still alive But they all forgot about himYears Ago The prizesThe many lives manyLoves he had once His memory fadesFrom time to timeUnsure if it was all real … Continue reading The Last Real Poet
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DeadMansPressInk & The School of Night Newsletter
To many of those of you who follow or read my work there are only a few that are aware that I run, along with my friend and coeditor Hex M' Jai a small independent poetry press known as DeadMansPressInk as well as a page called The School of Night Newsletter which promotes the teachings … Continue reading DeadMansPressInk & The School of Night Newsletter
Poems In Retort Magazine
I WAS ONCE DEAD TOOIn a famous paintingof Christ nailed toand crucified upon the crossI am the watching leper on the right.And with my one good eyeI watch as Jesus diesand screams up intodarkening sky askinghis father for a reasonwhy?And then, suddenly as the clouds open upand the rain beginsthe Romans scatter like mice,the water, burning off … Continue reading Poems In Retort Magazine