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
Empty Nest
There is an empty nest
resting on the snow-covered branches
above our bathroom window.
A grocery bag cushions collected debris,
holding it together like a hammock.
If it’s quiet enough
and the wind blows just right,
I can hear the weathered plastic
rustling against the rugged tree.
I wonder about the family who lived there.
Where they’ve gone, why they left.
And whether it can hold itself together long enough
to house the next guest intending to leave,
or break the laws of time and stay.