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
If this be windows to your soul
Darling, your house is flooded,
Cracks on the walls covered by portraits distract gazing eyes
A room once for your inner child, now darkened with your younger self hiding under the blanket,
Hues of the paint losing its luminescence,
Your door sealed with locks, none can open,
Your tap drips timely, a gentle reminder of the leaks you have not fixed,
Floors soaked; how long can your house bear the weight?
What once was a temple, now ravished by demons and lost souls… your lost soul.
If this the be windows to your soul
Darling, your windows are tinted.