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
Open sky, but I felt trapped.
Never asked 'why?' but I still lived like that.
Stars and comets were my favorite view,
Don't ask how I saw them even when I was trapped in a room.
I used to cheer whenever clouds showered,
It felt like my innocence was again powered.
It was blissful doom,
Don't ask how I felt it even when I was trapped in a room.
But it all crashed when I opened my eyes,
I saw my mind has fabricated beautiful lies.
But it wasn't his fault that I gave into temptation,
I was very young when I started loving hallucinations.
I was beaten and bruised as the demon ruined my muse,
I still felt heaven in the morning dues.
The view made my heart swoon,
Don't ask how I knew it even when I was trapped in a room.
So, I learned how to accept temptation
Because that is what kept me alive,
My hallucinations.