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
It spins through our souls.
And rushes into our minds,
It lifts the corner of our lips,
Into a smile.
It rushes in waves,
And makes tears flow from our eyes,
It boils our blood,
And makes our brows frown.
It hounds us day and night.
Sometimes we float,
Sometimes we sink,
Yes, i felt magic too,
I felt it strong.
But i found a wand,
I found a pen.
I found spells.
I found a page.
I found a remedy,
For our souls.
To share our happiness,
To burrow our pain.
We Will find a wand.
We will find a spell.
We will find a pen.
We will find a page.
We will write.
And when our sorrows,
Sear through,
Pens that we hold,
We will bleed ink,
Onto paper,
We will bleed away our souls.
Our ink will bleed in torrents
And poetry,
Poetry will be bandages to these Wounds.