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
Two Souls under One Sky
By Shanu Kanjilal
One day we will surely walk in delight
Under that mystical moonlight,
One day we will surely not make any noise
And listen to each other like two innocent toys.
One day we will surely steal time from life
And go somewhere to experience the essence of being alive,
One day we will surely not pretend to be occupied
And do something where we feel not compromised.
One day we will surely not register our memories
In a mere camera, book or dairy
But rather in our mind’s eyes for centuries.
One day we will surely understand the emotions
Not through spoken words, shedding tears, or striking commotions
But through undeclared motions, unstated eyes and unarticulated expressions
One day we will surely meet and be in this world with our promises
And sitting together in the hours of darkness, calculating our hits and misses
And then laugh at our flaws and celebrate our wishes.
One day we will surely meet our conclusions
And it will be an entrance for new illusions, illustrations and even implosions.
Shanu Kanjilal