R A W Quotes

“Always Reject The Negative

Move through the shadows & temporary moments of sadness and grief. Remember that this power comes from within. Create things with purpose and meaning.

Drinking Some Coffee To Get Your Ass Moving Doesn't Hurt Either! You're Undefeatable.”
― R.M. Engelhardt, R A W: POEMS R.M. ENGELHARDT

“The ongoing problem with most American poetry & poets today is their lack of belief in themselves & that they don't expand upon their ideals or experiment enough with their craft. That's why we are all stuck in the same old literary grind & groove still pushing out old ideas, listening to ridiculous banter of egotistical critics & still worshipping the old schools & movements of long past yesterdays from decades ago. Dead icons, dead ideas, dead slams and an established academic system that's biased and too busy promoting all the cliche events that they believe are all about community but mainly promoting their own of which are not open to all poets without degrees but mostly only to students & the inner sanctum. Poetry is for everyone and it needs a new vision of our times. The 21st century. The majority of poets who are producing new & original works are being ignored. Poetry should be independent and free of bias and uncategorized.

Workshops or classes are not the solution.”
― R.M. Engelhardt, R A W: POEMS R.M. ENGELHARDT

“I know who sleeps, who walks by night, who thrives and who does not. I hear the music as they waltz under the eyes of the man in the moon, the wind dancing towards the darkness. I know the reason and the rhyme and the silence, the signs of prophecy, I know of all their dreams and nightmares that shall unfold”
― R.M. Engelhardt, R A W: POEMS R.M. ENGELHARDT

“As I get older I can see the patterns, the ugly corporate face behind the great machine. The sad and over competitive urge to be "loved or liked" on social media platforms exploited by their creators to create a frenzy of human need & desperate want. The system is an absolute con constantly exposing it's users (victims) to self identification and gratification only if they can collect enough followers to make themselves feel popular or complete. Instagram for example is an absolute shit show offering you the opportunity to purchase more exposure and get more likes.

I'm sorry but ... is this really the 21st century?
Are we becoming an " advanced" civilization?

No. This is the inevitable "white noise" of capitalist conformity playing upon human desires & emotions
just looking to make another mil. And its disgusting.”
― R.M. Engelhardt, R A W: POEMS R.M. ENGELHARDT