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
days rush by
faded polaroid sky
drops down all dry
only to turn glint white
cover up the mistakes
of our piled up history
how many seasons
shall dust our hearts
will we try
to see spring tender eyes
furled beneath bright
laden branches
sparse yet strong
rooted and tall
promise dreamt right
deep summer comes true
as a kite's flight
past telephone lines of despair
and autumn's siren call
heal white winter sigh
treat me to sight
sweet white winter sigh
take me to light
Suchitra Lata