Dancing together,
Flickering to and fro Continue reading
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August 2, 2019
Tri-sedoka I (introducing)
I am sedoka
with syllabic sequencing
represented here in six
lines of five, seven,
seven and then five again
and then two final sevens
I am sedoka
Six lines of poetic form
Crafted here with chosen words
my wordsmithery
brings to life the poet’s voice
in the phrases captured here
August 1, 2019
Atlantida Mar
Distant splashing, laughing voices
And all around a happy din Continue reading
August 1, 2019
August
12 of 12 in the Jemverse ’12 months II’ series
And as we settle to this lovely heat
I find myself in summer sun
Relishing these warming days
filled with things that speak of fun
Through and through a summer person
I could live the year like this
as days of warming sunshine
are to me ones filled with bliss
Days are a little shorter now
but the sun’s intensity
could stay and keep the summer
here in perpetuity
July 31, 2019
Seventh waves
The breeze was a stiff one
but the sunshine was warm
down on the beach yesterday
And the sea was like turquoise
reflecting the sky
Quite lovely in every way
July 30, 2019
Dear Lady Sniper
Your smile is so sweet
Your eyes never show the heat
They stare just blankly ahead
As if they already know
That you are dead
July 30, 2019
Clarity IV
In a moment of serenity
the moon over water
Clarity revealed
Rippled, the light shines
moving to magnificence
Clarity defined
Carried to ecstasy
I am caught in the moment
This clarity mine
July 29, 2019
Know know know..
Picture Courtesy: Internet
Emerging from earth’s core,
Life’s first breathe
Was experienced in ocean’s lap.
For lives innumerable
Nothing, but water was my home.
July 29, 2019
Life is like…
Life is like a flower of blue
with fragrance of the sun
Mysterious yet loveable
for me and everyone
Life is like a sky of blue
with clouds all fleecy white
Overwhelming yet with comfort
soothing everything in sight
Life is like a sea of blue
with waves of movement there
Boundless and yet welcoming
with love and care to share
July 28, 2019
Companion & Friend (Ruth)
As her eldest son, I wrote this as the eulogy for my late Mother’s life celebration on Friday 14 June last.
Ruth Eunice Shrimpton
Was Croucher, Nee Dainton
is having a whale of a time
So I thought I would capture a bit of her life
for you in some syntax and rhyme
Seven and eighty years is a
good innings to have for a start
And whilst we don’t have the time
for all of that here
These words have come from my heart
July 27, 2019
Rose ‘n’ daisy
The postman brought us yesterday
a box from two good friends
who’d very kindly, lovely flowers
to us, they’d thought to send
It really was a nice surprise
Gave us a warming glow
‘Cos it’s nice to get a present
by surprise from friends you know
July 27, 2019
FOR YOU, OUR BELOVED POET
Helene Vaillant
By Charles Robert Lindholm
We Were Blessed
With The Time
You Spent With Us
Blessed With Your
Smile And Love
And With The Gift
Of Your Words Continue reading
July 26, 2019
Tri-Tanka IV (Lancing Beach)
Once again relaxed
Lancing Beach does that for me
Every single time
The sound of the moving sea
The sight of the ocean waves
And I’m in my element
July 25, 2019
Lovely IV
The variegated colour of
our Nasturtiums in full bloom
return year after year
when they first appear in June
They really are quite lovely
and I’m glad they reappear
as their colour in the garden
brings us pleasure, yes and cheer
July 24, 2019
Bussokuseki III
Bussokuseki
This poetic triplicate
ends today with this
Now it’s found there will be more
Art is never satisfied
Never still the poet’s pen
July 23, 2019
That lavender time again IV
I’m going to need a bigger basket
this year I think as I
harvest all my lavender
which has grown tall and high
For this year all my bushes
a bumper crop have grown
and I have much more lavender
than I have ever known
July 22, 2019
Bussokuseki II
Finding words to form
to syllabic sequencing
always a pleasure
Challenging but daily done
Satisfaction guaranteed
with bussokuseki found
July 21, 2019
Bussokuseki I
Bussokuseki
Japanese poetic form
In the form of five
and then three sets of seven
for syllabic sequencing
Tanka with an extra phrase
July 21, 2019
Fragile..Delicate..Vulnerable
Picture Courtesy: Internet
Fragile, delicate and vulnerable,
as a puff of smoke,
we all have stood the tests of life.
The blows of wind and
the penetrations of the sun.
We have only succeeded.
How else could we be standing?
July 20, 2019
Tri-haiku XX (Circular Green)
This circular green
Grown, cut back, abundant now
as summer takes hold
This circular green
A comfort true and fragrant
These summer senses
This circular green
With me, part of me, in me
I am in summer
July 20, 2019
A GIFT FROM RUSSIA
By Charles Robert Lindholm
New York City’s
Blackout Was A Gift,
From Russia With
Love!
Copyright © 2019 Charles Robert Lindholm, The Reluctant Poet
All Rights Reserved – Please Come Visit My Archives!!!
July 19, 2019
Two Lavenders
Bought two big lavenders in pots
two years or so ago
and whereas one has grown abundant
the other one’s been slow
Having said that, the one I planted
is the one that’s done the best
So there’s a lesson here I think
to learn and in that time invest
July 19, 2019
Early Earl Grey – July 2019
photo found on Shutterstock
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Curled and dry, large leaves glide effortlessly in a breeze as if to be at sea. Continue reading
July 19, 2019
THE CHANT OF THE RACISTS
By Charles Robert Lindholm
“Love
It Or
Leave It” Is
The Chant Of The
Racists!!
Copyright © 2019 Charles Robert Lindholm, The Reluctant Poet
All Rights Reserved – Please Come Visit My Archives!!
July 18, 2019
Rainy Days
There’s humility in the rain that visits in the whispering shallows
Here where the world is quiet and still, I listen
I draw comfort from the steady drone that sounds like a heartbeat,
here where drops of water weigh heavy on fragile petals Continue reading
July 18, 2019
Drusillas
We went down to Drusillas
for our anniversary
four of us this time, Bezza
Sally, Grace and me
There were parties of schoolchildren
but we made an escape bid
and marched on up ahead of them
so from the masses hid
Sal and I as senior citizens
got cheaper entry too
First time to take advantage
just for asking, as you do
And we made sure that we got there
when it opened on the dot
As that’s always best on days like this
especially when it’s hot
