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
Yesterday I wished I had wings,
To take me on a path to bliss,
Hunting a serene glee of the trees,
Losing feathers, chasing dreams.
Glee of the trees as they fill,
Birds, flowers and bees until,
Kindness mounts up a hill,
My heart that's otherwise evil.
And then I'd board that yacht,
At that new shore, now a dot,
Across waves and tides I'll trot,
Far, far away, is my hide-out.
Where Sun slept a wild darkness,
Where moon left a drowsy mess,
The cotton clouds knew even less,
Where their lost rains progress.
Let my birds here sing around,
And the bees buzz about,
Beyond sand and time I'll trot,
Far, far away is my hide out.
I'll wake up to a golden Lyre,
As I adorn it's notes, I desire,
Trusted hands that never tire,
Mystic ones I'd hire to inspire.
My inner thoughts are out loud,
A land full of hope! So I thought,
Past alley-ways and valleys I'll trot,
Far, farther away, is my hide out.