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
Inside the stone build walls we met,
Which was named school,
We stared at each other seeing our clowned up faces,and fell in bits of laughter.
As friends,
We met,not by coincidence
Not sheer luck,
I don't know what I believe in,
fate sounds too good to be true.
We were trapped in a crowd of all unkown faces,which means I was all alone.
You came all the way up to me,held my pinky,and asked me to sit with you.
I felt being alone in a room of unknown faces was scary,until I met you
I thanked the crowd and my fate..
You gave me room to grow,
It doesn't mean you must be lonely, for there's more people you need to know,
I recognised you as my own,
When everyone put me down,you held me up with your kind words.
If I hadn't been fortunate enough to have a friend or two,
But the one that stands out from all the rest,
Is you my friend,my very best!
You've been with me through thick and thin,
When I just wanted to cry,you made me grin.
This bond know no genetics,
Friendship is a peculiar seed,no matter the season,the weather nor the time of the day .
We are twin stars
With different births.
My caring shadow_it has your face,
The voice of my soul ,knows well your name.
Tell me,can you hear my heart?
Oh! How I love you?
My best friend!