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R.M.

Machiavelli's Dead Jack... Rave On

About Me


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DEAD MAN'S PRESS INK
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Tell Me Whom You Haunt, Whom You Befriend,
And I'll Tell You Who You Are...
Breton (1928)
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THE LAST CIGARETTE:
R.M. ENGELHARDT
The Poems of Albany, NY Based Poet R.M. Engelhardt:
WHO AM I?
Albany, NY based poet & writer R.M. Engelhardt has written a number of poems and has published several chapbooks over the last decade including "Nod","Logos","Alchemy" "Sacred Days" & Hearse". His current book of new & collected poetry & prose is entitled "THE LAST CIGARETTE". He has also just released a brief chapbook of poems as well called "THE NIGHT (2007).A poet & performance artist, Engelhardt through his ideas & visions has helped to create a large amount of the Upstate, Albany, NY spoken word scene and was the host of Albany's most former well-known poetry open mic called "The School Of Night" as well as a reading series called "Vox". Thru his efforts along with poet Thom Francis he has created such groups the Albany Poetry Syndicate as well as Albany Poets (Now www.AlbanyPoets.com)& The Albany Wordfest, an annual celebration of poetry & poetry event which happens each and every April. Engelhardt has left a lasting mark on the upstate NY literary scene & his work has work been published by many journals both in print and on-line... including Retort, Verve, Industrial Nation, Sure! The Charles Bukowski Newsletter, Copious Amounts, Thunder Sandwich, The Angry Poet, Zygote In My Coffee & in many others. Currently, R.M. lives in Albany, NY where he is the lead singer of the band "LOVE IS THE D3VIL" which also features members of the band Sunset Aside; W. Das Gift III & Kim 13. Over the last 15 years he has also created, performed & has organized benefits for such groups as The Albany Damien Center, The Food Pantries, Planned Parenthood & "Albany Cares" : A Benefit For The Victims of Hurricane Katrina. Look for his new book "THE POEMS OF MASS DESTRUCTION" in 2008!
**Photos By Alicia Solsman**

My Interests

Writing. Being & Time. Poetry. Art. Work. Music (Metal,Gothic,Jazz & Varied). And "The sensual mysticism of entire vertical being." Decadence (The movement & The art of), Theosophy, Ancient Religions, Kendo, Martial Arts, Philosophy, Bushido, The Albany, NY Art Scene, Surrealism, The Shakespere-Marlowe Debate, Investments, The Pre-Raphaelites Circle, The Rennisance Era -The Middle Ages, Antiques, Medieval Art &; History, Publishing, Good Movies, Good Wine & Good Friends (The real ones, the true ones)...that always last in the end. Oh! And of course clove cigarettes & good cigars (sometimes). NOTE: Unbeing dead isn't being alive.

Oh, And Glenmorraige Scotch Too.

MY PRESS, DEAD MANS PRESS INK, ALBANY, NEW YORK

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I'd like to meet:


"Substance over shadow"
"Live boldly beyond fear"
"Live Happily Ever Now"

Does it come in Black?

MAXIMS:

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Real life takes more than dreams & ideals. It takes endurance. real love? The same.

Be without fear in the face of your enemies. Safeguard the helpless, even if it leads to your death; that is your oath.

The Words Endure, The Flesh Does Not. The Poets Always Have The Upper Hand ... Nick Cave

The poetic myths are dead; and the poetic image, which is the myth of the individual, reigns in their stead.

Visit The Honest Transmission ...

False beauty is always very pale & tragic when compared to real beauty, which has true wisdom, depth and soul.

R.M.
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LINKS:

R.M. ENGELHARDT, ALBANY POET BLOG:
For other information regarding LOVE IS THE D3VIL...

W. Das Gift III
Kim 13
Sunset Aside

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THE LAST CIGARETTE:Poems By R.M. Engelhardt 1989 - 2006

Now Available At:

BORDERS BOOKS: Albany, NY - Saratoga, NY

Music:

LOVE IS THE D3VIL, Interpol, The Church, These Immortal Souls, Nick Cave, Strangers In Paradise,Mogwai, Interested Parties, Clutch, Joy Division, The Cinematics, Deadboy & The Elephantmen, Arcade Fire, Faust, She Wants Revenge, Godspeed You Black Emperor, The Clash, Grinderman, Jeff Buckley, Wormwood Subs, Sunset Aside, The Birthday Party, The Good - The Bad & The Queen,Unkle, Morphine, Leonard Cohen, Coleman Hawkins, Early U2, Saul Williams, Queensryche, Coltrane, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Mingus, Bird, Monk, Pantera, Armored Saint, Rob Zombie, Type O Negative, Sisters of Mercy,Kiss,Tom Waits, The Afghan Whigs, Husker Du, Splender, Johnny Cash, The Pixies, Sinatra, Cabaret Voltaire, Paradise Lost, Early Elvis, Dead Kennedys, Sigur Ros, Angel, Motorhead, Depeche Mode, Some Classical like Holst, Mozart, The Damned, Robert Johnson. Etc.

Movies:

Salton Sea,Coffee & Cigarettes, The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford, The Prestige, Kingdom Of Heaven, Excalibur, The Libertine, Pan's Labryinth, Touch Of Evil,Grindhouse, Bubba Ho-Tep,I Know I'm Not Alone,Citzen Kane, The Ice Harvest, The 7th Victim, Sublime, Better Off Dead, The Fountain, Donnie Darko,Dr. Mabuse The Gambler, Bela Lugosi & The Brooklin Gorilla, Troy, Velvet Goldmine, Boxing Helena, Thank You For Smoking, Nightwatch,Brotherhood Of The Wolf, Flyboys,Daywatch, Barfly, The Pro.., V For Vendetta, Sugar, The Corpse Bride,Black Sunday, Max, Blade Runner,Seven Samurai,The Big Sleep, Fight Club, The Godfather Parts 1 & 2 (not 3), Gangs Of New York, Bram Stoker's Dracula, The Ninth Gate, Dracula (Lugosi),Pulp Fiction, Sin City, Batman Begins, Fistful Of Dollars, The Good The Bad The Ugly, Casablanca, Bedlam, Fisher King, Highlander,The Motorcycle Diaries, The Lost Boys, Buster Keaton, Chaplin, Marx Brothers Movies, Interview With A Vampire, Frankenstein (Karloff), Reservoir Dogs, Monty Python & The Holy Grail, Boondock Saints, Faust (Murnau Version),The Grifters, The Big Sleep.

Television:



Deadwood,History Channel, Bones, Secrets Of The Dead (PBS), Night Gallery, House, Brimstone

Books:

Martin Heidegger (Sein und Zeit (Being and Time) Thomas Wolfe, William T. Vollmann, Rumi, Sax Rohmer, Kerouac, Bukowski, EE Cummings, Charles Cros, Baudelaire, Steve Kilbey, Denis Johnson (Already Dead - A California Gothic, Jesus Son), Saul Bellow, Poe, Raymond Chandler, Paul Auster, Matthew Bunson, James Reston Jr., Jacques Barzun, Elliot Richman, Keats, Peter Johnson, John Steinbeck, Hemingway, Dante, Swinburne, Rossetti, Sun Tzu, Yeats, Ezra Pound, Dan Nester, Robert Greene, Colin Wilson (Poetry & Mysticism), Erik Larson, Caleb Carr, Anthony Bourdain, Pablo Neruda, Matthew Pearl, Eileen Tobios, Arthur Rimbaud, J.G. Ballard, Elmore Leonard, Anne Rice, Poppy Z. Bright, Italo Calvino (Mr. Palomar), Dorothy Parker & many many others.
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Every Warrior of the Light has felt afraid of going into battle.
Every Warrior of the Light has, at some time in the past, lied or betrayed someone.
Every Warrior of the Light has trodden a path that was not his.
Every Warrior of the Light has suffered for the most trivial of reasons.
Every Warrior of the Light has, at least once, believed he was not a Warrior of the Light.
Every Warrior of the Light has failed in his spiritual duties.
Every Warrior of the Light has said 'yes' when he wanted to say 'no.'
Every Warrior of the Light has hurt someone he loved.
That is why he is a Warrior of the Light, because he has been through all this and yet has never lost hope of being better than he is...
Paulo Coelho

Heroes:



My Father.

Be Your Own Hero...Be Yourself.

Define Your Life By Yourself & Not By Those Expectations Of Others. Not By Those Of The Players, The Manipulators, The Mouth-Shitters or The Fools.

Machiavelli's Dead Jack...

Rave On ...

You see this place will forget us, this time will contain us, but these words will tell others not to give up the fight until the battle... is won."

My Blog

Message To A Friend ...

Whatever Happens, I'll Always Be By Your Side ... And Nothing Will Ever Change That .. R....
Posted by R.M. on Sat, 07 Jun 2008 09:25:00 PST

And The Revolution Begins ...

  Ok... So as most of you know if you've seen my blog-messages before that well, I'm a poet. And I promote poetry readings, poetry events, write poetry, speak poetry and poetry poetry poetry etc...
Posted by R.M. on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 03:40:00 PST

"Grandiose"

GRANDIOSE So.... If you want the Apocalypse Then so Be it. Ripped up botched fucked A dead civilization The rapture or something else To talk about? "Whatever" Take all your rock stars, Ic...
Posted by R.M. on Sat, 03 May 2008 01:19:00 PST

ALL YOUR SONS ARE DYING, ALL YOUR SONS ARE DEAD

ALL YOUR SONS ARE DYING, ALL YOUR SONS ARE DEAD(An American Poem Written For Dog tags, Without A Voice)Mr. President;Clear you mind &A smile, you breathe in the airThe remains of summerNow gone.The so...
Posted by R.M. on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:50:00 PST

MORE THAN ...

MORE THAN &       More than just this; A hand, a halo, a tryst, Swallowed up in imagery Synergy & the electricity Of a single.. simple  &. "Word". Phrases given by divine inter...
Posted by R.M. on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:35:00 PST

DARK MATTER ...

DARK MATTER   On a March night The winds howl thru the trees. Like Trakl’s "Ghost" As insomnolence. Keeps all these voices Repeating, Love Death Work Life "Sleep" If only In reve...
Posted by R.M. on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:57:00 PST

Sergeant Darkness

Sergeant DarknessWhat do you feel?"Nothing"He Says.I returned.I'm alive.That's all.That's it.Saw deathUp closeLike my fatherAnd GrandfatherBefore himAnd just likeAll the others ...Fired the guns,Murde...
Posted by R.M. on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:49:00 PST

Where Are All The Poets? The Albany Scene

WHAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH THE ALBANY POETRY SCENE?FROM "THE HONEST TRANSMISSION", ALBANY, NY02.14.2008BY R.M. ENGELHARDT__________________Do Not JudgeUnless You Are Willing ToBe Judged Yourself_________...
Posted by R.M. on Sat, 16 Feb 2008 11:34:00 PST

D I S A R M ...

DISARMHow many?How much?And Why?Backstab a friendBackstab a comradeOr try to destroySome one just ...Like you.With words.With weaponsWith lies.WithoutAny decencyLoyaltyGenorosityOr regret.Try to creat...
Posted by R.M. on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:55:00 PST

Her Again ...

HER AGAIN Everytime that he heard her read She sounded .. "The Same". The same voice. The same expressions. The same whining tone And always ... About "Him" Cloaked in over-obvious "Images" ...
Posted by R.M. on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:36:00 PST