IN BETWEEN THE LINES

By Charles Robert Lindholm

There Is A Secret
Hiding Place
I Have
That I Keep

Unknown
To The World

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HAIKU: MEMORIES OF THE SEA

By Charles Robert Lindholm

AN ENDLESS RAUCOUS

CHIT AND CHATTER BRINGS DAYDREAMS,

THE EYE OF THE HURRICANE

By Charles Robert Lindholm

I Lived With A Woman
Who Was Passionate
And Wildly Exciting
And It Was Thrilling

HAIKU: THE GHOST OF NIXON

By Charles Robert Lindholm

The Ghost Of Nixon

Haunts Bozo While He’s Sleeping

HAIKU: ARMISTICE DAY CAME

By Charles Robert Lindholm

Armistice Day Came

An Illusion Of Peace

HAIKU: A GRIM REMINDER

By Charles Robert Lindholm

Armistice Day Is

HAIKU: A CLOWN WHO’S LYING

By Charles Robert Lindholm

What Kind Of Fool Are

IS HEAVEN FOR YOU?

By Charles Robert Lindholm

You Stand Condemned
Of Being Complicit
If You Remain Silent
And Approving

HAIKU: NEEDING A HITMAN

By Charles Robert Lindholm

Needing A Hitman

To Kill Off The Witch Hunts

HAIKU: IT’S TIME TO GO VOTE

By Charles Robert Lindholm

It’s Time To Go Vote

Even If You Don’t Want To

Little Picture

Little picture on the wall

Little picture one foot tall

Little picture please don’t fall

Cause you won’t bounce like a ball

 

THE THRILL OF WRITING

By Charles Robert Lindholm

I Hear The Rhythm
Of My Pulse Beating
Between My Ears
As I Tap, Tap, Tap The Keys

SMOKE SIGNALS

By Charles Robert Lindholm

You Think Things
Are Going Well
You’ve Been Together
For Awhile Now

A SIMPLE BIRTHDAY WISH

By Charles Robert Lindholm

My Birthday Wish Is Simple
It’s The Same One Every Year

A BIRTHDAY WISH

By Charles Robert Lindholm

A Birthday’s Just A Number
That’s What I Hear Them Say
You’re Only As Old As You Think You Are
So I Think I’ll Be Younger Today

A TENDER MOMENT PASSES

By Charles Robert Lindholm

A Tender Moment Passes
In The Wee Hours Of The Night
With A Glimmering Hope Of Passion
And A Spark That Might Ignite

Location

Between the thumb and the forefinger
where I’m counting and mapping your freckles
as my fingers slide
over your curves
and etches
a map of my universe
where
my soul
my love
my passion
finds solace,

HAIKU: A FLOWER BLOOMING

By Charles Robert Lindholm

A Flower Blooming

pierced china cup

 

personal photo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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He was a showman of sorts.

HAIKU: KILLING CITIZENS

By Charles Robert Lindholm

Again, With A Gun!

White Steepled Church – form poetry

personal photo

From a white steeple;

members said, “I do.”

Moving On

It was early on that day

I really didn’t want to stay

Packed my bags where they lay

Sunday morning, it’s time to pray

HAIKU: LOW I.Q. BOZO

By Charles Robert Lindholm

Low I.Q. Bozo

Flaw (Micro poetry)

HAIKU: NO ONE STOPPED HIM

By Charles Robert Lindholm

Bozo’s Showing Us

THE COMFORT OF QUIET

By Charles Robert Lindholm

There Is An Inner Joy
And A Keen Realization
That Comes From Gazing
At A Midnight Sky
Filled With Countless Stars

HAIKU: AN ACCOMPLICE – REPRISE

By Charles Robert Lindholm

How Long, Oh, How Long

Will You Be An Accomplice

Kindness

Kindness doesn’t ask for much

A shake of the hand or just a touch

A smile on the lips

And a tear in the eye