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
Everytime our eyes meet ,
You tell me a story .
That story which was never told ,
And which makes love run down till my feet .
Everytime I look into your eyes ,
You grant me with kindness .
Which makes me think ,
What would it be if you were mine ?
Everytime we meet each other ,
My heart sinks in the ocean deep .
Which makes me think ,
What would it be if you always stayed by my side ?
Everytime our hands touch so close ,
I feel the warmth of your skin still .
Which makes me think ,
What would it be if you never let me go ?
Everytime we have words with each other ,
My lips keeps shuddering shy .
Which makes me think ,
What would it be if our souls kissed shamelessly ?
Everytime we end up together ,
I solemnly wish for this while , to not end .
Which makes me think ,
What would it be if we were meant to be ?
And all I yearned for was a forever ,
But that was an eerie for the heavens in glee.
Shattered into pieces , it suddenly fell ,
My heart broke down , seeking answers for me .
For all that was given , it's love ,
And maybe that heart of yours was never mine .
Also this one here , I have lost that too ,
But even in these times , I had our moments to confine .
This throbbing heart of mine stay ,
Getting lost into these gloaming thoughts of blue .
Sanguinely searching for a shimmer of your desire ,
My achy heart just waits , to be loved by you .
And now I knw ,
To bow down when in need and To stand
up in every fall .
As my heart have realised ,
What you gave me other than pain .
You gifted me the ecstasy of never ,
Being in melancholy again .