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
Something wicked this way comes
Looming heavy in the distance
Not knowing when or where it's from
You question then what is it
As sorrows fall like small rain drops
Alighting on your soul
And shivers rack you toe to top
Til all over you are cold
And shame and guilt rain down in time
A steady pouring rain
And shelters out you cannot find
A place to hide from pain
And every inch and every step
Every thing becomes a chore
And we dig deep down to find what's left
Moving onward through the storm