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
The endings won't end you
set yourself free
with wings unfolded
there's beauty
this time, this place
go wild for a while
burn out the stars with me
memories were always priceless
as long as you wanted
I wanted the wanting
we were made of star dust
wandering in this cosmos
you give me fireflies
unlove me, please
a memory, a star, a stain
let me distract you
all I need is me
I'll never be that me again
let me pass through
the blazing fire
I'll come out as gold
fight for the fairytale
let me find my wings
escape the ordinary
'rarity' is rare
you are someone to me
an unreasonable request
call me a nameless person
let me leave
for my fantasy.