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
Hi, I have 2 questions actually. First, I just wanna say thank you for reading my kind of poems. I really appreciate it! I hope you are doing well:)
1. What if you know the words of a poem that you have been carrying but are too afraid to get the words out, How do you stop being scared and write the truth as it is?
2. How do you let poetry stay in its real form by not keeping them too loose(or too tight) and provide sufficient space?
I guess in a lot of ways, I try to find the meaning and the lines for what "poetry" is. I know it isn't fixed. But there's a lot of humanity and passion you can discover while asking what something means to a person.. Have a good day!