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
Life is short and definitely not for scrolling, the whole day.
Come on! Let's watch more sunsets than Netflix,
and explore the old cafés instead of starbucks.
On hot summer days let's witness the beauty of Dhabas.
Sit with me on the shady wooden cot,
far away from the decorated fancy restaurants.
Come out of the "type,send,delete,react"
and let's talk over a cup of chai or coffee.
From laying down and gazing at the stars,
to vibing on retro songs,
Let's see the beauty of shedding leaves,
and get drenched in the rainy days.
Come out of rectangular box and the video calls.
Come on! Let's admire the beauty of tiny little things,
and play with the children in the patli galis.
Let me take out of the decorated four walls,
to explore the beauty of nature and tradition,
because life's short,
live and explore the present to the fullest,
Don't let the future narrate boring "stories" of trapped inside the four walls.