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February 4, 2022
IT’S A JAMMIE’S KINDA DAY
By Charles Robert Lindholm
It’s
So Cold
And Snowy Outside,
It’s A Jammies Kinda
Day
Copyright © 2022 Charles Robert Lindholm – The Reluctant Poet
All Rights Reserved – 02-03-2022 – 01:30 p.m.
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!!
Please Come And Explore My Archives – 2017-2019
January 31, 2022
LET THE WINDS CARRY YOU HOME – ENCORE
December 24, 2021
HAIKU: THE JOY OF CHRISTMAS
December 24, 2021
HAIKU: SILVER BELLS RINGING – REPRISE
December 23, 2021
EVERYDAY IS CHRISTMAS
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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All Rights Reserved
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December 21, 2021
THE GIFT OF YOUR TIME
December 21, 2021
WHAT WRITING ISN’T
October 30, 2021
MY RINGS AROUND THE SUN
By Charles Robert Lindholm
Three
Score And
Ten Plus Three,
My Rings Around The
Sun
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All Rights Reserved – 10-30-2021 – 06:30 a.m.
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!
October 24, 2021
HAIKU: SHE SMILES WITH HER EYES
September 16, 2021
I STRUGGLE TO WRITE IN CURSIVE
August 12, 2021
FOOLISHLY FOLLOWING – ENCORE
By Charles Robert Lindholm
Liars
Will Lie,
While You Deny,
Foolishly Following The Pied
Piper?
Copyright © 2020 Charles Robert Lindholm – The Reluctant Poet
All Rights Reserved – 01-04-2021 – 09:30 a.m.
Looking back at this, it still amazes me that this was written two days
before the insurrection on January 6, 2021. Yet, here we are having watched
the videos of violence and attempts to destroy our democracy,
The Biggest Liar is still saying this was a love fest, a tour of the capital, nothing to see here??
America needs to wake up NOW to the dangers to democracy posed by those
that believe and follow Pied Piper Trump, in spite of his known and proven lies!
Why do sheeple still drink the Kool-aid??
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August 11, 2021
GULLIBLE FOOLS AND SHEEPLE – ENCORE
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
Copyright © 2021 Charles Robert Lindholm – The Reluctant Poet
All Rights Reserved – 03-10-2021 – 12:30 p.m.
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July 24, 2021
THE MARMALADE MOON – REDUX
July 22, 2021
THE ONE WHO ALWAYS LOVES ME – REDUX
May 5, 2021
NOT MEANT TO BE
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
Copyright © 2021 Bree Leto – Secret Thoughts Within and Charles Robert Lindholm – The Reluctant Poet
All Rights Reserved – 03-24-2021 – 2:30 p.m
Many thanks to Bree Leto for the joy and privilege of writing together. It is always so magical and fun!
Please be sure to check out Bree’s blog and Her audio of this poem – Secretthoughtswithin
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April 14, 2021
IT ONLY TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF LACE
By Charles Robert Lindholm
It Only Takes
A Little Bit Of Lace
To Ruin A Marriage
Especially,
If You Remove It
From A Woman
In A Hotel Room
Who Isn’t Your Wife
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All Rights Reserved – 04-14-2021 – 2:45 a.m.
Day 14 NaPoWriMo – April 2021
Inspired By First Line Friday
https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2021/04/10/first-line-friday-march-26-2021-2/
April 2, 2021
GULLIBLE FOOLS AND SHEEPLE
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
Copyright © 2021 Charles Robert Lindholm – The Reluctant Poet
All Rights Reserved – 03-10-2021 – 12:30 p.m.
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March 25, 2021
AN AWAKENING TOUCH
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!
March 16, 2021
LOVING IN GRAY
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
Copyright © 2021 Bree Leto – Secretthoughtswithin And
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
March 12, 2021
A RAINBOW’S PROMISE
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
Copyright © 2021 Keza – Spiritedsoul And
Charles Robert Lindholm – The Reluctant Poet
All Rights Reserved – 03-04-2021 – 1:00 p.m.
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February 26, 2021
UNTRUMP AMERICA
By Charles Robert Lindholm
It
Is Time
To “UnTrump America”,
Removing Stains. Reversing Trump
Laws
Destroy
Trump’s Memory
From America’s History,
Heal The Wounds Trump
Left
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All Rights Reserved – 02.25.2020 – 8:00 p.m.
Thank God The Nightmare Is Over – For Now!!
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February 14, 2021
YOU KNOW ME
February 5, 2021
I DON’T KNOW WHY
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
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February 3, 2021
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