OF CONVERSATIONS FRIENDS & ANGELS Today I come to you In the memory Of old friends Conversation Over lost time And lost years That have Mysteriously Vanished In both tragedy And revelation Grief And silence Detached from This mere Mortal coil To remember them; They who were Once here and They who once loved … Continue reading OF CONVERSATIONS, FRIENDS & ANGELS
Talon Poet
NOTHING GROWS IN THIS GARDEN
Nothing Grows In this garden The flowers Are for the dead A memorial to The fallen In memory of Lives once lived But in the season Of each child In the passing of Each son We sow the Seeds of promise In the hope of Another one Who will lead Us … Continue reading NOTHING GROWS IN THIS GARDEN
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Coffee Ass Blues & Other Poems: The New Book ~ R.M. Engelhardt 2018
Now Available: My new book of poems "Coffee Ass Blues & Other Poems" is now available on Amazon through Alien Buddha Press with illustrations by friend & fellow poet Red Focks. Get your copy today ... https://www.amazon.com/dp/1985163055
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Some Days
SOME DAYS Some days I question human behavior I question what we are doing here I question where I came from where mankind came from after I watch the news on tv after listening to people talking on there cell phones screaming at other human beings on the bus. But somehow I never give up. … Continue reading Some Days
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Shakespeare Once Said
SHAKESPEARE ONCE SAID Shakespeare once said: The Prince of Darkness is a Gentleman (But never a lunatic) Or a spy That night when Shakespeare saw Marlowe Only briefly In the mirror When words came to him In the silence Of the night air or From a bottle Or a muse When dreamers, poets were … Continue reading Shakespeare Once Said
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Being A Poet
“Being a poet isn’t something you are or choose. It’s something that happens to you at irregular intervals and with no guarantee it will happen again. You can disregard it when it does happen but you can’t turn it on. All you can do is wait." ~ Margaret Atwood
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Failed Human Mantra
FAILED HUMAN MANTRA Repeat After Me: I am perfect I am powerful I am strong I am whole I am loving I am happy I am harmonious Fuck. I am None of These Things But human I am None of These things But words With decomposing "Flesh" ~ Talon (R.M. Engelhardt)
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The Ballad of Fast Eddie
THE BALLAD OF FAST EDDIE Back In the 1970s Fast Eddie was An old man Who walked Down the streets Of the city Of Troy Looking for a Fight looking for All the bad guys in A child sized Cowboy hat with Two cap Pistols & his Belt looking For the OK Corral On the … Continue reading The Ballad of Fast Eddie
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Haiku For Charles Manson
SHORT HAIKU FOR CHARLES MANSON Burn Mother Fucker Burn.
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OLD SOUL
OLD SOUL An old jukebox is playing Tom Waits as the smell of beer And cigarette smoke Permeates the bar The patrons, the drinkers Are old and now I am Have, become one Of them as The days of light Electricity & destruction Punk rock & single living are now Over & as the words … Continue reading OLD SOUL
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