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
Thinking that nature
Is so different
so am i?
I feel same at times
We both are not living for itself
nature… nor i.
Nothing in nature lives for itself
River’s don’t drink its own water
Trees don’t eat its own fruit
The sun Doesn’t shine for itself
A flowers fragrance is not for itself
I too lived for others
Serving with love
Memory i gave them
How they took it
Thats the way i will get it
My karma played a role
And my survival was in mode
My affection was always loud
Like i am always there Anytime
I didnt expect too much
But little would be loved by me
I never asked for anything
Gratitude is what comes first
As every second I breathe
But forgiveness was eligible for me
Am i worth for living with nature
Because Living for eachother
is a rule of nature.
— bayjool