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
On a moving train,
That carries us,
In varied compartments.
I wish, I meet you more than once.
The past which it leaves behind.
The future which is predictably visible.
I wish, we step together on the nearest station.
We may have different directions.
Though, I wish, we decorate our home in the end.
You might like Italian,
And I would love Indian,
Though, I wish, we cook together in our little kitchen.
You might sleep late at night,
And I would be an early riser.
Though, I wish, we sit together admiring the beautiful night sky.
Joy and laughter would shape our bond.
Love and smiles must nourish life.
And the train of life must go on,
Till I lie on my death bed,
And you sit nearest to me,
Hoping to spend a few more seconds of eternal love.