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
Conversation shifted, lifted emotions, lust exquisitely sways in the atmosphere,
The question of your first time bounces from lip to lip,
"Your turn"
My lips quiver,
I'd loved him,
he was my hero when men seemed like demons,
but Lucifer was once he of morning star,
His beard marked my skin before puberty had the chance,
My wrist knew elastic pressure before any bracelet could comfort me with loving reminders of friendship eternal,
His scent held my skin tighter than any scrub could scrub the skin away as the water fell,
He showed me red before red lipstick was ever laid on my cheek
My first time wasn't until the fifth time,
And pleasure felt like pleasure and not like pain converted to his pleasure served on a silver plater when family got together
So I told them " I cried when it was my first time"