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
There is dense darkness all around,
Black thick night has surrounded
Burn the lamp of hope,
Do not get so angry with yourself,
Rays of light will come from the horizon,
No matter how big the night is,
One day it will fall,
Then it will be morning.
The thick circles of despair have surrounded
There is no hope, no strength,
Burn the lamp of knowledge,
Do not get so angry with yourself,
The sun will come out of the clouds,
No matter how big the night is,
One day it will fall,
Then it will be morning.
Loneliness is only in these paths,
Have to walk on the path of thorns,
Make yourself strong,
Do not get so angry with yourself,
Even a thorn becoming a flower,
Will blossom one day,
No matter how big the night is,
One day it will fall,
Then it will be morning.