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
How to live?
The voices from the cold Himalayas sang
Loud and powerful their beautiful voices rang
Of life being a pursuit of the meaningful
Against hedonism & being selfishly wasteful
From the cafes of Brazil, the voices replied
Live without fear of tomorrow, they implied
Said life existed only in the present moment
In giving up on the past & future’s torment
Philosophers from Greece proceeded to say
Be purposeful & carefree, at the end of the day
Said it was a balance that must be achieved
To attain harmony was best, they all agreed
The African man replied as we watched the snow
The answer lies in the fact that we do not know
And truly acknowledging us never really knowing
Ensuring knowledge & perspectives are growing
- By Arathi Nayak
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