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.
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Your friend in poetry, Susan
FEATURED POEM
once upon a night, when you were sleeping in my arms
i sniffed the intoxicating smell of your hair and sighed in love
a lily tied to your silky golden locks, adding to its charm
I plucked it softly and placed it in my wallet for fun.
And today when I pay my bills of sins, disgust and hate
your dried lily, with its fresh smell hits me on my face
and I remember how it was to roam in your city, be your taste
cause today heartbreaks apart i still secure a part of your maze.
I am a lost and broken puzzle piece, do I fit anymore or not is secondary
I wander hearts and bodies without knowing what I desire
am I looking for a home, a place to mark my territory
so I sob in misery, confusion, the lily wet with my pleas.
they said "blood is thicker than water", leave them in a desert
I am a traveller, without destination, without journey, irony ruling my hours
now im in the arms of death, without water but the lily buried along in the dust
cause the lily was a part of you, somewhere i belonged in my life, and death doesn't hurt.