January 12, 2021
by thereluctantpoet
By Charles Robert Lindholm 4:20 1/7/2017

I was tempted
but I resisted
it was easy
when I had no desire
when I had no need
when I had no hunger
I said, “No”
before I met you
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January 2, 2021
by thereluctantpoet

By Charles Robert Lindholm
I Am A Silly Person
I Think
Believing In Things
So Improbable
Yet Hoping
Beyond Hope
That They Shall
Become A Reality
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December 31, 2020
by thereluctantpoet
By Charles Robert Lindholm
It was the end
of a brutal week
and tonight was
New Year’s Eve
The Wintery weather
was whipping snow
and sleet around
everywhere
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December 31, 2020
by thereluctantpoet
By Charles Robert Lindholm
A
New Year
Has Come To
Bury And Replace 2020’s
Memories
An
Extra Special
Celebration For 2021
Has Been So Joyously
Anticipated
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All Rights Reserved – 12-31-2020 – 04:30 a.m.
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December 16, 2020
by thereluctantpoet
By Charles Robert Lindholm
Let The Hard Work You Did In Your Caterpillar Phase,

Let You Fulfill Your Dreams And Become
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December 1, 2020
by thereluctantpoet
By Charles Robert Lindholm
There Is A Secret
Hiding Place
I Have
That I Keep
Unknown
To The World
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December 1, 2020
by thereluctantpoet
By Charles Robert Lindholm
Dreams Of The Future
Bring The Sweetness
Of Possibilities
And Hope
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November 20, 2020
by thereluctantpoet
By Charles Robert Lindholm
I Sail leaves down streams
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November 17, 2020
by thereluctantpoet
By Charles Robert Lindholm
Wisdom
Is Knowledge
Appropriately
Applied
To The Correct
Conditions
Are We Wise?
I Wonder,
But Have
My Doubts
It Seems
That Humanity
Is Quite Susceptible
To Herd Mentality
Leaving The Thinking
And Logical Reasoning
To Others And Then
Waiting For Them
To Explain What To Do
We All Know
Time Flies
And That Life
Is Short
But That Doesn’t
Seem To Stop Us
From Putting
Things Off
To Another Time,
‘Til Someday
We Believe
Since We Woke Up
This Morning
We Will Tomorrow
No Need To Worry
Or Rush Things
All In Due Time,
Someday!
There Is No Someday!
We Only Have Now!
Someday Is The Seductive
Delusion Of Fools
Who Won’t Ever
Turn Their Dreams
Into Reality
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November 11, 2020
by thereluctantpoet
By Charles Robert Lindholm
You Think Things
Are Going Well
You’ve Been Together
For Awhile Now
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November 11, 2020
by thereluctantpoet

By Charles Robert Lindholm
Armistice Day Came
An Illusion Of Peace
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November 10, 2020
by thereluctantpoet
By Charles Robert Lindholm
The Last Act
Of A Broken Heart
Is Surrender,
A Final Letting Go
Of A Love That Has Died
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November 7, 2020
by thereluctantpoet
By Charles Robert Lindholm
Poetry =
Ageless words
we remember
Copyright © 2017 Charles Robert Lindholm – All Rights Reserved
Please Come And Explore My Archives On My Blog And At The Poet’s Corner
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November 7, 2020
by thereluctantpoet

A Look Back At The Reluctant Poet’s Best Of List For 2018
Thanks To All For A Great 2018 And Best Wishes To You For A Wonderful 2019!!
Thanks for being a part of my life this year!!!!
Chuck
The Reluctant Poet
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November 3, 2020
by thereluctantpoet
By Charles Robert Lindholm
My First Conscious Thought
Is To Take A Breath Of Air
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October 21, 2020
by thereluctantpoet
By Charles Robert Lindholm
I Am A Lover,
Of The Seasons
And For Each Of Them
I Have My Own,
And Secret Reasons
For Letting Them,
Make Love To Me
They All Touch Me
In The Deepest Way
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September 1, 2020
by thereluctantpoet
By Keza And Charles Robert Lindholm
In The Wee Small Hours,
In The Backside Of The Night
In My Dreams
You Hold Me Tight,
When You Come
To Dance With Me
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July 10, 2020
by thereluctantpoet
By Charles Robert Lindholm
Let The Hard Work You Did In Your Caterpillar Phase,

Let You Fulfill Your Dreams And Become
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February 10, 2020
by Jem Croucher
Still dark when I wake
to stumble from slumber
the light yet a good while away
Cold water to waken
from dreams I’d mistaken
for what was the start of the day
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October 14, 2019
by Nick Anthony
Mangled leaves and withered dreams
Torn from their stable branches
In a final flurry of beauty
As they float down on a cold breeze
To join the Turkish rug of autumn.
There may yet be a child of wonder
Who makes a pile as tall
As their tree once was
And refuses to give up on them
As he leaps into their embrace.
But eventually, the snow will fall
Like a curtain on the stage
As the what-ifs and what-could-bes
Take a long, final bow
And melt away into the dull gray
Of the winter’s cold soil.
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October 3, 2019
by Nick Anthony
Future dreams are trees
With their roots in the present:
Give them water now.
Rafiki’s Nikki
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May 19, 2019
by thereluctantpoet
By Charles Robert Lindholm
A
Monthly Event,
Full Moon Rising,
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March 24, 2019
by Bhavya Prabhakar, India

The day started with little laze,
wondering if it’s the same roof under
which I started giggling.
I was lost in something gazing at the trees
visible through my window.
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March 11, 2019
by Jem Croucher

So, when days tantalise
and it’s still a bit cold
‘Cos the warmth hasn’t yet come our way
And March sees some colour
with early Spring there
Evident on each sunny day
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January 31, 2019
by thereluctantpoet
By Charles Robert Lindholm
A Polar Vortex,
A Killer Cold
Invades Us
From The North
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January 19, 2019
by thereluctantpoet
By Charles Robert Lindholm And Karen Meredith-Lindholm
The Winds Blow Cold As
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January 16, 2019
by thereluctantpoet
By Charles Robert Lindholm
This Is What I’ll Do
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January 13, 2019
by thereluctantpoet
By Charles Robert Lindholm
I Wait And Worry
My Beloved Angel Will
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