December 23, 2021
by thereluctantpoet
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
Copyright © 2017 Charles Robert Lindholm
All Rights Reserved
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March 25, 2021
by thereluctantpoet
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
Copyright © 2021 Bree Leto – Secretthoughtswithin And
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!
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February 14, 2021
by thereluctantpoet

By Charles Robert Lindholm
Every night I count my blessings
and I‘m thankful for each one
’cause I know I‘ve not been promised
I‘ll see the rising sun
Every moment is so precious
every day is special too
but the memories that I treasure most
have all been made with you
You are the love I‘ve longed for
You are my dream come true
and I know each day
that I am Blessed
when I wake up next to you
Copyright © 2015 Charles Robert Lindholm – All Rights Reserved
There is nothing quite so wonderful as waking up with your BELOVED!!!
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February 14, 2021
by Joel Kravitz
Poetry challenge: Valentines poem.
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I’ve been smitten; there’s no way I’d mistake it
And I don’t know how you will take it.
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February 5, 2021
by thereluctantpoet

By Bree Leto – Secretthoughtswithin And
Charles Robert Lindholm – The Reluctant Poet
I’m not sure why
I keep on changing
like I do
I don’t know
if it’s good or bad
I really wish I knew.
I fear with all these changes
taking place inside of me,
others will only notice
the outer side they see.
I wish I understood
what was meant to be,
what’s the point in changing
if you don’t change with me.

Take my hand, my love,
we can grow together.
I will grow
and you will grow,
by my side
FOREVER.
Copyright © 2021 Bree Leto – Secretthoughtswithin And
Charles Robert Lindholm – The Reluctant Poet
All Rights Reserved
Writing with Bree was a real joy and a magical experience! I was so pleased
to be able to collaborate with such a talented writer!! I hope that we will be able to continue
writing together in the future!!
Please go and visit Bree’s blog at – secretthoughtswithin.com
Come explore my Archives and blog!
Playmates at Midnight (collab with audio)
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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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November 26, 2020
by HemmingPlay
In every life,
there’s a moment, or two.
The curve of your neck
out of that corduroy man’s shirt,
Burnt orange,
of autumn; passing of the old.
How unaware you were
that our child-like lives had just changed.
That’s not quite the right word.
They rearranged themselves
Into a new pattern, the right one.
Like random iron filings on paper
Which, when a magnet comes near,
Spring instantly into order,
Obedient to the
Truth of an invisible force.
.
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October 28, 2020
by thereluctantpoet

By Charles Robert Lindholm
She Brought Joy
Into My Life
Everyday
And Because Of Her
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February 24, 2019
by Sandeep

Picture Courtesy: Rick Whitacre
I light up
each evening
before sunset as
it’s my duty,
they say, and
because, I am not
allowed to take
it for granted, oh Moon,
‘that you would arrive
tonight’!
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January 5, 2019
by carareevablog
And there she was,
Sitting on the silky sand enjoying the afternoon,
Watching the sun set over the mystic horizon of the Atlantic,
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December 25, 2018
by thereluctantpoet
By Charles Robert Lindholm
My Heart
Had Been Shattered
With Pieces
Scattered
Everywhere
In My Life
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November 19, 2018
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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October 28, 2018
by thereluctantpoet
By Charles Robert Lindholm
A Flower Blooming

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September 1, 2018
by thereluctantpoet

By Charles Robert Lindholm
She Brought Joy
Into My Life
Everyday
And Because Of Her
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June 24, 2018
by Stephen
This moment twists in on itself
A cruel freak show contortionist
Who stares agape, tear-carved
Deltas from his made up eyes.
If only it would twist into a pretzel
With lots of salt
That we’d eat with mustard.
Two kids on a boardwalk,
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February 7, 2018
by thereluctantpoet

By Charles Robert Lindholm
Lost On A Desert
On A Surface Wet And Blue
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January 31, 2018
by thereluctantpoet
By Charles Robert Lindholm
Yesterday Has Moved Along
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January 11, 2018
by thereluctantpoet
By Charles Robert Lindholm
I don’t know who I am yet
for I have not faced the darkest night
nor heard the howling demons
that hunger for my soul
I have not felt the razors edge
nor heard the wooing whispers
tempting me to use it
to let my blood be
the ink of my final poem
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December 26, 2017
by thereluctantpoet
A RUNAWAY LOVER
By Charles Robert Lindholm
She was always better at running away
from the intimacies created by connecting
sexually and emotionally than wanting to stay
for a chance to see if love and commitment
would grow into forever
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December 1, 2017
by thereluctantpoet
By Charles Robert Lindholm
POETRY =
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November 30, 2017
by thereluctantpoet
By Charles Robert Lindholm
The Sea Seduces
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November 4, 2017
by thereluctantpoet
By Charles Robert Lindholm
Poetry =
Words
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November 1, 2017
by thereluctantpoet
By Charles Robert Lindholm
I can’t imagine
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October 22, 2017
by thereluctantpoet
By Charles Robert Lindholm
Poetry =
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September 18, 2017
by Angela Umphers Rueger
Se agapó, my dear one—I love you, my friend.
From alpha to omega, beginning to end.
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September 10, 2017
by markfahmy

come
and look me
in the eye
you know
there’s tension
between you and I
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September 9, 2017
by Abigail Gronway
A substitute teacher came today
Your absence to fill
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September 8, 2017
by Abigail Gronway
Passion’s precious gift
Exchanged between you and me
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