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Upstate NY based poet, writer R.M. Engelhardt has published several books over the last 25 years including The Last Cigarette: The Collected Poems of R.M. Engelhardt & others. Engelhardt through his ideas & visions has helped to create a large amount of the Upstate, Albany, NY spoken word~poetry scene. His work has also been published by many journals both in print including Writers Resist, Telepoem, Red Fez, Rusty Truck, Sure! The Charles Bukowski Newsletter, Thunder Sandwich, dry land lit, 2nd Avenue, The Angry Poet,Danse Macabre, Full of Crow & many others. He is also the founder of the group Albany Poets.

His books are "Coffee Ass Blues & Other Poems" (Alien Buddha Press) and "Darklands" 2019 (Whiskey City Press) Where There Is No Vision ...more

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	The Resurrection Waltz Poems R.M. Engelhardt it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“A smoke, a book, a cup of coffee.

These are the little things that get us through this sometimes weary world and all the rainy days.”
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“Words are powerful. Words make a difference. They can create and destroy. They can open doors and close doors. Words can create illusion or magic, love or destruction. … All those things.”
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“I believe the world only gives us what we seek to find.”
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“In The End The Words Are The All And The Nothing.”
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“Write from truth, write from self.

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The Words Must Be Your Own.”
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