Welcome to my Poet Lady Chat Room. I would like to invite you to click on the chat box and type in a question, a suggestion, submit a poem, in other words – “chat with me.” I may, if you submit a poem, decide to feature it in my Poem of the Week section or, we may simply exchange ideas and suggestions about your poem.

This is a place to “talk” poetry with someone who has loved it all her life. I have a true passion for the possibilities of poetry and would love to hear your thoughts and/or read your poem. I will be happy to offer my reaction to your work and, based on over 40 years of teaching poetry, organizing, and conducting poetry workshops, working as a book review editor for an international poetry magazine, authoring five books of poetry and two textbooks on teaching poetry, send along my thoughts on ways to make your poem stronger and more impactful.

If you’re on my site, you have a connection to poetry. Feel free to connect with me – right here -right now, by typing your message into the “chat box” and clicking send. I’m waiting…

 

Your friend in poetry, Susan

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Started by Fahad Khalique 22 hours ago
I don't know about others, but  As anything puts all efforts To come into existence; like  A tiny seed tears apart  The hard soil before growing Same way; like  A mother experiences latitude Before bearing a child And the gestural conditi...
Last commented on by Fahad Khalique 15 hours ago
Gratitude Galore. What if I exclude the line from (The Contingency.....final status)?
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Started by Tiny glowing star 2 months ago
This soul This heart Always engaged in, Faraway troubles Of my loved ones... I cannot even build A shield for them, For I have always been a onlooker, Unable to even speak for myself.... This soul This heart Has long stopped, Responding t...
Last replied to by Susan Katz 2 months ago
Thanks so much for sharing this very heartfelt poem with me.  I wonder if "build a shield" is not "be a shield..."  Yo...
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Started by sunsnotstars 2 months ago
You have been a 19 year olds crush for almost a year now  and yet of all the dreams holding hands with her smiling  'I dont knows'  with all the 'some flings' in this world  she loves you. where by easy accidents  like falling in love...
Last commented on by Susan Katz 2 months ago
I am always delighted to "meet" people who share my love of creative expression. In a world of darkness - the arts are ...
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Started by Akanksha 2 months ago
every now and then I stare at the blank  wondering off somewhere  My mind tackling  Unknown knots i have there Lost in the mids Lost in the mists The journey i have carried upon Saying me something    i dont know what to write anymore ...
Last commented on by Susan Katz 2 months ago
Mostly, the problems with the poem have to do with grammar - not feeling and emotion - which is what poetry is all about...
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Started by Riya Jaiswal 4 months ago
It's been a while since I wrote something which left me deeply invested. I've been a little too critical on myself lately as further i grow with my self imposed title of 'writer', i feel this pressure upon myself to write better and tbh I'm still fig...
Last replied to by Susan Katz 4 months ago
Good morning, Riya - I have tried to email you, but am not sure my emails are going through.  I just wanted to let you ...
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Started by Fahad Khalique 7 months ago
O dear poetry! Get me to the realm of WordsworthSo that I could elaborate on nature Candle some imaginative thoughts in my mind So that I could also celebrate you. O dear Poetry! Take me to the Dover Beach Where I could encounter what Milton and o...
Last commented on by Susan Katz 6 months ago
I am just seeing this now. So sorry to have missed it but, had some computer issues and it has taken me a while to catc...
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Started by Riya Jaiswal 6 months ago
  never have i ever meant the words i wrote to call it poetry stars waited patiently for me  to rip open my heart and cry tears of blood but i sat motionless staring in abyss   stars never made me feel heard the way you did   never h...
Last replied to by Susan Katz 6 months ago
Riya Jaiswal 20 hours ago   Good Morning Riya - please see my comments below.  By the way, if you would send yo...
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Started by Fahad Khalique 7 months ago
Have nothing in cold snowy winter Let's wrap up to each other Nothing is going to warm meLet me subside into your pious soul.I offered nothing to God in wish, becauseMy wish walks side-by-side to me.Make me your deep secret diaryExpress your solitude...
Last replied to by Susan Katz 6 months ago
Good Morning and thank you for sharing another poem with me.  Please see my thoughts below:   Have nothing in cold s...
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Started by Fahad Khalique 7 months ago
O dear humanity! O beloved humanity! You're very precious to me And I don't want you to forfeitLet's migrate to some other place;Into the hut of a destitute So that you can breathe freelyAnd cherish your presence. Do you know? This world is enemy; T...
Last commented on by Susan Katz 7 months ago
You are so welcome. This troubled world could very much benefit from the words spoken from your poet's heart. I apprec...
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Started by Being_oasis 7 months ago
Watch the sun, as it bows Fades into the evening gleam Sky screams a voice so loud Soul throbs to its every beat To some it is a mystic state To some a confusing prose I do not know what it is to me  Maybe one or maybe both   Dead words mi...
Last commented on by Susan Katz 7 months ago
Hello again. Since your poem is rather a long one, I will select one stanza and make some suggestions that, I believe. ...