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
Life a four letter word with
Hidden four billion years of meaning
Starts being dependent
And ends being trying to be independent
It's about trying to meet your needs
And ending up being unsatisfied with the penny for your deeds
Its about finding triumphs in your defeat
Knowing if there is sunset then other day would start with a sunrise
Knowing if leaves can wilt in summer then they can rejuvenate on watering
If its about death then its inevitable
Its more about finding meaning of your existence
Life is a game that never ends with triumph or defeat
Its about the lessons you've learned from your mistakes
Its about finding happiness in those moments of sadness
It never ends in grave and starts when you're born
It ends when you stop living and starts when you realise your inner potential
Summer tries to devitalise and you try to bounce back with greater energy
Why do we need to stop trying ?
Life never asks for subjugation
In the end its all about living it fully
Despite destruction we opt to dream
Dreaming that never ends with night passed
Earth asking you to be creative
Is the most pleasing gift
A teacher that teaches without speaking a word
Is the finest creation of time
Life gives you a chance
Take it , live it , but never give up
We have a lot more potential then they tell us
A brighter future then we dream
Just we need is a try that never ends with failure gets even stronger with a failure