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By Charles Robert Lindholm
Not
Eavesdropping When
Conversation’s In Public
And Not Listened To
Secretly
Don’t
Tell Secrets,
But If You
Do, Tell Them In
Private
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Please Come And Explore My Archives – Years 2017-2018
By Charles Robert Lindholm
I
Sit In
Silence Wondering Where
All The Years Have
Fled
Christmas
Morning Memories
Parading In My
Head, With Santas In Red
Childhood
Days Relived
Moments And Memories
That Went By Too Fast
Fireplace
Flames, An
Old Man With
Coffee Cup Memories Of
Christmas
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to All!!! Please use today to enjoy and relive the gift of Christmas Memories from the past!! And the blessing of time spent with family and friends – time is precious and life is too short!!
Chuck
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By Charles Robert Lindholm
Everyday
Is Christmas
For Me
I Wake Up Each Morning
With Gifts All Around
But The Gift That Is Best,
Is The Smile In Your Eyes
On The Pillow Next To Me
Each Day Is A New Day
That’s Given To Me
With Surprises Ahead
And Now’s Yet To Be
The Seasons Come
And The Seasons Go
With Each Day For Me
Tied Up In A Bow
Each Day Is Christmas
A New Gift For Me
With Thanksgiving Blessings
When I Wake Up To See
Your Smiling Eyes
In Love With Me
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By Charles Robert Lindholm
Poetry =
Dancing
With My Words
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By Charles Robert Lindholm
It’s
So Cold
And Snowy Outside,
It’s A Jammies Kinda
Day
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A Jammies Day is a Snow Day where you have soup and sandwich and snuggle up with your Honey and or kids and watch movies!!
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By Charles Robert Lindholm
Everyday
Is Christmas
For Me
I Wake Up Each Morning
With Gifts All Around
But The Gift That Is Best,
Is The Smile In Your Eyes
On The Pillow Next To Me
Each Day Is A New Day
That’s Given To Me
With Surprises Ahead
And Now’s Yet To Be
The Seasons Come
And The Seasons Go
With Each Day For Me
Tied Up In A Bow
Each Day Is Christmas
A New Gift For Me
With Thanksgiving Blessings
When I Wake Up To See
Your Smiling Eyes
In Love With Me
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HAIKU: PRESENTS FROM THE PAST
By Charles Robert Lindholm
My Childhood Memories
Of Christmas Come Back Each Year
Presents From The Past
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By Charles Robert Lindholm
Three
Score And
Ten Plus Three,
My Rings Around The
Sun
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My 73rd Birthday Marks The Number Of Rings Around The Sun
I Have Experienced In My Life – And I’m Hoping For More!
Thank You To All Of My Followers And Readers For Traveling With Me!
By Charles Robert Lindholm
Easily
Brainwashed With
Pied Piper Lies
Supporters Herd Mentality is
Low
The
Science Deniers
And Conspiracy Liars
Deceive Gullible Fools And
Sheeple
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By Bree Leto – Secret Thoughts Within and Charles Robert Lindholm – The Reluctant Poet
There are many things you can’t control
Your heart
Another’s heart
no matter how much you might want to
It is a fact of life that
hopes and wishes
dreams and prayers
don’t always happen or come to pass
We may have relationships and love
that we have always dreamed of
but sometimes
happenstance
fate or luck
intervene and force a change
to our plans and choices
Not all relationships
are meant to be forever
sometimes they are only meant
to be for awhile
There may be many things you can’t control
but there are some things you can
Maybe it’s time to dream a new dream
It might be time to
move on
forgive and forget
let go
and follow your own pathway
into a new and better life
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Many thanks to Bree Leto for the joy and privilege of writing together. It is always so magical and fun!
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By Charles Robert Lindholm
Easily
Brainwashed With
Pied Piper Lies
Supporters Herd Mentality is
Low
The
Science Deniers
And Conspiracy Liars
Deceive Gullible Fools And
Sheeple
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All Rights Reserved – 03-10-2021 – 12:30 p.m.
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By Bree Leto – Secretthoughtswithin and
Charles Robert Lindholm – The Reluctant Poet
Our first touch–
with only your fingers
slowly brushing my hand
sent an extraordinary
jolt of electricity,
through my whole body
that I had never felt before.
The twinkle
in your eye
sparked imaginings
that lit up my soul
The smile on your lips
whispered to my heart
making its beating race
as a blush showed
upon my face
An unintended touch
that somehow came to be
as your fingers brushed my hand
and awoke a part of me
I never knew
was waiting there
I shared a touch of the new
and a lingering stare with you
and hoped
for more
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Charles Robert Lindholm – The Reluctant Poet
All Rights Reserved – 03-24-2021
Another Fun And Magical Collaboration With Bree. Looking Forward To More!!
Thanks, Bree!
By Bree Leto And Charles Robert Lindholm
Blah Days
Gray Days
Thinking Of All The Ways
I Want To Spend These 
Stay Inside Days.
With Her
Soft Heart
Tender Heart
Beating Next To My Heart
As We While Away The Hours
Learning Ways To Share Love
We’ve Come To Love The Gray Days
With Rainy Skies Above
Sweet, Staying Here
In Bed Days
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Charles Robert Lindholm – The Reluctant Poet
All Rights Reserved – 03-05-2021 – 1:45 p.m.
Chuck Lindholm and Bree Leto are an unlikely writing duo from opposite sides of the world. Chuck is from the USA while Bree is from Australia. With their shared love for words, they have immense fun creating passionate poems and stories that reach out to the hearts of their readers. Their collaborative style is full of rich emotions and fiery actions. Bree and Chuck jokingly call their creative processes ‘cooking’ as they enjoy adding their own favorite spices. You can enjoy more of Chuck’s work at thereluctantpoetweb.wordpress.com and more of Bree’s at www.secretthoughtswithin.com
By Keza – Spiritedsoul and Charles Robert Lindholm
Resistance Is A Self Taught Way
A Means Of Self-Defense
To Stay True To Oneself
And What One Believes
A Wall, A Shield
Preventing Being
Caught Up In Messes Made By Others
My Mind Is Full Of Dreams,
Visions And Memories
Replaying Them
Over And Over Again
In My Head
What Once Was,
No Longer Exists,
There Is Only Ashes
Left Behind From Miserable Days
But I Resist
Lies And Hopelessness
Knowing Darkness Will End
When The Light Of Truth Shines
And Rainbows Promise
Better Days
And Hope
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Charles Robert Lindholm – The Reluctant Poet
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By Charles Robert Lindholm
A
Sore Loser’s
Send Off Celebration
Marks The Worst President
Ever
He’s
Compelled Soldiers
To Show Up
Because No One Else
Will
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By Charles Robert Lindholm
The
Last Sunset
On A President
Ruling With Hate And
Racism
Finally
Ending Cruelty,
And Evil Intentions
As Sunrise Approaches With
Hope
A
New Day
Dawning In America
With Rejoicing That Democracy
Survived
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All Rights Reserved – 01-19-2021 – 05: 00 p.m.
Inspired By The Memorial Service Held At The Reflecting Pool On The Capitol Mall For The 400,000 Americans Who Died From Covid-19 As Of January 19, 2021
Sadly, The Deaths Of Tens Upon Tens Of Thousands Of Our
Beloved Family, Friends and Colleagues Occurred Because
President Trump Lied, And Continued To Lie To America
About The Deadly Nature Of Covid-19. The Blood Of The
Innocent Will Forever Stain The Hands Of Trump And All
Who Enabled Him.
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By Charles Robert Lindholm
Stop-It
It’s Over,
You’re A Loser
Start Wearing Big Boy
Pants
The
Facts Show
The Election’s Over
Free And Fair, Not
Rigged
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By Charles Robert Lindholm
Trump
Will Become
America’s Runaway President
To A Country Without
Extradition
Afraid
To Face
Justice Or Prison
The Cowardly Trump Will
Runaway
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By Charles Robert Lindholm
President
Trump’s A
Russian Puppet, Owned
And Operated By
The Russian President Vladimir
Putin
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By Charles Robert Lindholm
Trump’s
Immediate Impeachment
Will Rescue Republicans,
Trump Can’t Be President
Again
Trumpism
Will Lose
It’s Grasp And
Power Over The Republican
Party
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By Charles Robert Lindholm
Idiotic
Conspiracy Theories
Rumors, Lies, Alternative Facts
Suspending Common Sense – You
Believe????
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All Rights Reserved – 01-05-2021 – 11:00 a.m.
Do You Believe What Donald Trump Tells You Despite The Facts That
Show He Is Lying? Do You Still Believe In Santa, The Easter Bunny And Tooth Fairies???
Alternate Facts Aren’t Facts! They Are Just Fantasy Thinking! Just Lies!
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By Charles Robert Lindholm
Rumors,
Lies, Speculation
Are Not “Proof”! (You Had Your Days And Days In Court to prove conspiracies)
Trump Lost – Get Over
It!!
Stop
Your Whining,
Brainwashed Trump Supporters!!!
You’re An Embarrassment To
Democracy
(Don’t Be A Crybaby – Like Trump,
He’s Not Really A Good Role Model For Anyone!)
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By Charles Robert Lindholm
President
Trump Balks
At The Thought
Of Admitting He’s A
Loser
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A Look Back At The Reluctant Poet’s Best Of List For 2020
Thanks To Everyone For Spending Your Precious Time On My Blog In 2020!!!
Thank You for being a part of my life this year!!!!
I am so very grateful!!
Wishing You A Healthy, Happy and Prosperous 2021!!
I Want To Offer A Very Special Thanks To the Wonderful Poets
With Whom I Had The Honor Of Collaborating With This Year!! I Am So Grateful
For Having Had The Opportunity To Write With These Great Writers on WordPress.com:
Christine Bolton – Poetryforhealing
Jeanne – Womentwhothinktoomuch
Keza – Spriitedsoul
Nichole Sulpizio – Glitzyritzy Mommy
Secrets – Secretthoughtswithin
Chuck Lindholm
The Reluctant Poet
BEST OF LIST FOR 2020
WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN
I DROPPED A PEBBLE IN A POND
BOOK REVIEW: I LOST SUMMER SOMEWHERE – BY SARAH RUSSELL
WHEN I MISS YOU
ON BECOMING A WRITER: CHUCK LINDHOLM
HER DREAM OF HIM
I WISH FOR ANOTHER DAY IN LOVE WITH YOU
STRAWBERRIES AND WHIPPED CREAM KISSES
IN LOVE WITH A MUSE
LOST IN TIME
IN SEARCH OF A SOULMATE
NO LONGER A FOOL
FAR AWAY BUT ALWAYS BONDED
‘TIL WE DANCE AGAIN
THE COMFORT OF QUIET
THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS
YOUR WORDS MADE ME BELIEVE
HIS MIDNIGHT PRAYERS
I CARRY THE SCARS
A TWO FACED LANDSCAPE
AN INTIMATE KISS
THE LOVER OF THE LIGHT
COME STAND WITH ME
THE MOON KNOWS ALL MY SECRETS
I WANT A GOOD SAMARITAN GOVERNMENT
THE LAND OF THE FREE AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE- A MESSAGE FOR AMERICA
LET THE WINDS CARRY YOU HOME
UNDER HER BRANCHES
A PAINTER AT HEART
HER EYES
HER MOSAIC HEART
OF ALL THE POEMS IN ALL THE WORD
A THEIF IN THE NIGHT
PLAYMATES AT MIDNIGHT
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By Charles Robert Lindholm
The First Sunrise Of January
Always Leaves Me Wondering
What Lies Ahead
Just Out Of Sight
Over The Horizon
In My Tomorrows
And Then It Leads My
Mind Back Over The
Last Year And
Way Back When Too
Recalling
Moments And Memories
And What If’s And
Might Have Beens
Things That Never Were
But Could Have Been
And The Happiness
That Was And
The Blessings
That I Have
Regrets
And Bittersweet
Memories Escape
Their Cell
Deep In My Heart
On The First
Sunrise Of January
Before Being
Escorted Away
Sometimes The Heart
And Soul
Need To Reflect,
Remember And Wonder,
So They Will Be
More Grateful,
And Happy During
The Coming Year
The First Sunrise Of January
Is The Demarcation,
The Ending And Beginning,
One Year Passing Away Into History
As The New Year Is Born
The First Sunrise Of January
Is The “First Time”
You Get To Make An X
On The New Year’s Calendar
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Inspired By Sadje’s – One Liner Wednesday – Quote
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