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
The pressure's killing me; I'm dying
I'm doing my best; I'm trying
Once upon a time I was flying
Now I'm just sitting in my room crying
My parents are on me spying
When to my friends I be replying
My friends think I be lying
While I sit there sipping tea sighing
The rules I keep defying
I'm annoyed by my relatives prying
I want love that's underlying
But his calls I keep declining
My priorities I be deciding
My mistakes I keep rectifying
Teachers keep work assigning
This isn't at all surprising
The thoughts in my mind keep striking
I keep on quickly writing
In this fake world I keep smiling
To stop myself from resigning
~ Archi Shah