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
"You're beautiful"
I say as the moonlight softly caresses
Your face
As your cheekbones widen slowly
And a soft smile appears on your lips.
I feel my heart break and heal synchronously
The world around me hushes down
And it's just you in my sight
The floor beneath me feels as if it's spinning
And my head matching it with all its might.
"You're mine"
I whisper softly,
You crouch down a little
And whisper back against my lips
"And I always will be"
I watch my reflection in your ocean eyes
Watching myself drown with every second you exist by my side.
Our fingers intertwined together
I know we both are dying
As our heartbeats once again synch with each other.
I blink once, I blink twice
And watch as your hue fades away
In the wind
Just like every night.