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
A gust of wind when strikes my lock of hair,
They don't listen to me to stay quiet.
For they don't belong to me anymore,
Thus need your fingers to place them right.
A bunch of memories when flood my heart,
It forgets breathing, the moment you flash.
But I would prefer not to breathe,
For without you, everything seems just ash.
My piece of mantilla when stuck in bush,
I still feel it's you!
Holding it and pulling me behind,
When I turn back, I realize it's just my mind.
A fragrance of perfume, when enter my nostrils,
Even a pleasant odor doesn't fascinate.
For my nose is now acquainted to your masculine, husky smell,
Inhaling which, my lungs saturate.
My every single inch occupies you,
My every single thought thinks of you,
My every single heartbeat beats for you,
My every single moment of life is tied with you.
What else proof do I need?
I am completely lost in you.
But I don't want to find myself now,
Because I am incomplete without you.