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
FEATURED POEM
teach me how to love the galaxies
I have already loved the stars-
I have touched and traced the
constellations bare burning
through the hours-
steady fire desired my body whole-
I ran away upon the bars
on shuddering case
your chest- a pleasing flower-
before I could love the uneven mars
liberating and boundless-
I dared to glare your eyes ardent
no arrow would know my heart-
though such a cruel word-longing-
As if I could ever begone- learn you-
among your seducing lies, inevitably
slackened hands known to me-
And only me-
condemned fireflies as they fled
{[words that exist after all]}
-sarah