Born Witness & Three other new poems by R.M. Engelhardt

BORN WITNESS Born witness We still write eternal Songs waiting For a revelation Sacred self Looking for Our own Reflections In the mirrors Cast by others Who walked Before us I Tattoo My soul With ancestors Names Dream walkers Theives Continue reading Born Witness & Three other new poems by R.M. Engelhardt

A Christmas In Hell by R.M. Engelhardt

A CHRISTMAS IN HELL Lost luggage Lost souls Lost hope All destinations Forgotten This makes Dante’s Inferno Sound only half As bad But this is only The first time That you’ve Actually ever been To hell As the hours Drag Continue reading A Christmas In Hell by R.M. Engelhardt

Writer by R.M. Engelhardt

WRITER “Kick at the darkness until it bleeds daylight.”~ Bruce Cockburn So. You’ve fucked up the day You’ve fucked up the universe You’ve fucked up the world. The words The silence No sense No magic No deposit And no return Continue reading Writer by R.M. Engelhardt

Spontaneous Combustion by R.M. Engelhardt

SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION One day I shall Become young Again I shall Become truth I shall See all beauty And like the lotus Each morning shall Blossom forth Into words R.M. Engelhardt is a veteran poet & writer whose work over Continue reading Spontaneous Combustion by R.M. Engelhardt

In A Thousand Years by R.M. Engelhardt

IN A THOUSAND YEARS In a thousand years Time shall Change you Into a small animal Who shall be eaten By a larger animal That a thousand years Before his birth Was the unwashed homeless guy That you with your Continue reading In A Thousand Years by R.M. Engelhardt

Winter Smoke by R.M. Engelhardt

WINTER SMOKE We have all seen it Have all heard it before Standing outside the crowd Armed with just our cigarettes And our dreams As the snow falls down Upon some ancient city Lost somewhere A decade or so ago Continue reading Winter Smoke by R.M. Engelhardt