THE VIEW FROM MY WINDOWS

By Charles Robert Lindholm

THE VIEW FROM MY WINDOWS

VARIES

FROM HUSTLE

AND BUSTLE

TO STILL LIFE

AND FROZEN

FROM MIDDAY

TO MIDNIGHT

FROM MOONLIGHT

TO DAYLIGHT

IN LOVE WITH A MUSE

By Charles Robert Lindholm   

 

I wait for her each morning

in the backside of the night

in the final hours of darkness

just before, the dawn’s first light

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HAIKU: THE SEA CALLS TO YOU

By Charles Robert Lindholm

The Sea Calls To You

HAIKU: JUST ONE WISH – 2019 REPRISE

By Charles Robert Lindholm

If I Were Granted

Just One Wish, I’d Wish For You

And That’s What I Did

 

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THE SUN IS A FICKLE LOVER

By Charles Robert Lindholm

The Sun’s Love Affair
With Summer Is Over, For Now

It’s Not Like It Is
A Sudden Surprise

Clouds

The four corners of  the sky
are suffocated with clouds

A SHOOTING STAR

By Charles Robert Lindholm

She Was Meant To Be

A Shooting Star In My Life

HAIKU: THE SEA CALLS TO YOU

By Charles Robert Lindholm

The Sea Calls To You

TWENTY YEARS AND COUNTING ON MORE

By  Charles Robert Lindholm

They Say, “Time Flies”
And It Does
Unless You Are At Work
Or Stuck In A Traffic Jam

Just Watch The Birthdays
You And Your Children
Celebrate
Mount Into Bigger
And Bigger Numbers

HE TRIES TO PROVE IT

By Midwest Fantasy and Charles Robert Lindholm

She Was A Mess
Of Sugar Cookie Sweetness
With The Spice Of Ginger Snap
And All He Could Do
Was Love Her More 

THE PLANTS

 By Charles Robert Lindholm

When I Look At The Plants
You Gave Me
I Can’t Help
But Think Of You

THEY HOPE YOU WILL LOVE THEM

By Charles Robert Lindholm 

My words
always wonder
and worry
if they are worthy
of your time 

MORNING DEMONSTRATIONS

By Charles Robert Lindholm

 I Wake Each Morning
With The Dawn
And Go And Put
The Coffee On 

Then Come To Wake You
With A Kiss

Candlelit Candle – form poetry

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You

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the candle

when my

THE CRUELEST FATE

By Charles Robert Lindholm 

The cruelest fate
I can think of
is to live a life
without you 

To face each
day alone

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HAIKU: RETIRE WITH ME

By Charles Robert Lindholm

Let me be the last

PAYMENT DUE

By Charles Robert Lindholm

We believe that Love is wonderful and fair
but too soon we learn the truth
whether the outcome is a blessing or a curse

Eclipse

The Moon will try to go between
The Earth and her true lover, Sun,
To darken deeply living green,

HAIKU: SAY YOU NEVER WILL

By Charles Robert Lindholm 

 

Do you get tired

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THE LOVE I PLANNED ON

By Charles Robert Lindholm 

I lost the love I planned on

when I lost her

MY HOPELESS ROMANTIC

By Charles Robert Lindholm 

She is in love with love
she believes in fairy tales,
she is an idealist,
a sentimental dreamer
with an imagination that’s amazing 

MY HEART FELT YOU BELONGED TO ME

—A Response poem to “GUILTY” by Myra on shadesofpoetry—

By Charles Robert Lindholm 

I unlaced my fingers
from your hand
not the choice
that I had planned 

My head demanded
and I let go

I SHALL KEEP MY EYES ON YOU

A RESPONSE POEM TO “Look Not On The Thorns“

By Charles Robert Lindholm 

I shall keep my eyes on you,
you are the prize for my heart
the joy of my soul
the lover I seek for my forever 

I cannot look away from you,

THE TOUCH OF THE NEW

By Charles Robert Lindholm

he didn’t mean to do it

he just fell into the trap

and when he finally told her

she gave his face a slap

 

how could you do this?

she yelled, then cried

I’ve trusted you forever

how long now have you lied?