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
In and out
In and out
Im gasping for breath
Im gasping for real bond
With societal burden
With society expectations
Im bleeding my lungs out
Stop . no just stop
With your fake concern
With shallow words
With sugar coated laughs
Which come either too late
Or never .
Fan hanging there
Giving me thoughts
Blades lying there
Showing me
Beauty of red
Heights , once giving serienty
Showing the path of
Utter numbness
Pills - pain relieving
Is selling me up relief all my soreness
THINKING about , about loss , pain
Think about happy moments too
About moments of happy candid photos
Think about next day
A day with new hope
New start
Think about one step
Think about one step at time
-bhumi jain