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
Today, I tasted her, Thorns argued me not to persist, But I couldn't resist the taste of her petals,I lost myself in summer fruit, too sweet to notice the decaying roots.
Blinded by lust, Too cast in the moment to see her desire for chocking hands was a scream for help.
I thought her moans were hunger but they were cries for solace, With hands too eager and soul too darkened she asked for more and I fed her bruises. I kissed her silence like it was consent, Not knowing her tongue had learnt silence just to avoid the pain.
Yet, dear God, Yet I still dove deep into ocean abyss, Shark seeking blood to fulfill mine hunger, Bound not by her but by mine, mine own desire...