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
Busy bee
Do you hear the ferocious sun?
You must.
I wake up and
I already sprint and run.
Did you sneak a peek, bee?
If you haven't,
The birds won't sing.
I lie and i lie, for your sake-
The cottage is stunted,
Is hidden from death-
He banged my door, yesterday bee
He blew my candles with all his force-
And i looked at his veins
They didn't flinch,
They were and bags and heaps
Of blood, cold
I was scared, little bee
The police didn't take a note-
I told them he was right there
By the creepers and the vines
They didn't know, didn't see-
I fell back to sleep
Morning, my little bee
Are you cold?
Go outside bee
I mustn't give you up
-sarah
(P.s. does this poem even make sense. I don't know. I just noticed someone literally wrote a bee poem.. i wrote this a while back tho. It's wonderful how we find inspiration in little things..) 🙂