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A TWILIGHT KISS

August 31, 2018August 30, 2018 ~ thereluctantpoet ~ 2 Comments

GOLDEN MOMENT SUNSET
By Charles Robert Lindholm

I Sit Alone In Silence
As A Summer Afternoon
Slowly Surrenders
To The Evening Sunset Continue reading →

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A WHISPER – REPRISE

August 9, 2018 ~ thereluctantpoet ~ Leave a comment

By Charles Robert Lindholm

leave me
if you must
leave me
if you can

but you will
always hear
my heart
calling to you Continue reading →

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OLD NEWS – REPRISE

August 3, 2018 ~ thereluctantpoet ~ Leave a comment

By Charles Robert Lindholm

How can he be so deaf

when my heart is crying?

Why can’t he see

the tears that fall as I cry? Continue reading →

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MONSOON SEASON – REPRISE

July 31, 2018July 30, 2018 ~ thereluctantpoet ~ Leave a comment

By Charles Robert Lindholm

Your leaving me is like a monsoon season
Constant thoughts of you
                                     pounding
on the tin roof of my mind
day and night
                    like water torture Continue reading →

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PERHAPS SOMEDAY – REPRISE

July 30, 2018July 29, 2018 ~ thereluctantpoet ~ 3 Comments

By Charles Robert Lindholm

Darling can you hear me
when I speak each night with you
talking through the universe?
am I getting through? Continue reading →

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YOU SEE ME IN THE SHADOWS – REPRISE

July 18, 2018 ~ thereluctantpoet ~ Leave a comment

By Charles Robert Lindholm

You see me in the shadows
but never run away
You look toward me
searching for my eyes
but it’s me who looks away Continue reading →

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I WAIT FOR THE NEW DAY – REPRISE

July 17, 2018 ~ thereluctantpoet ~ 9 Comments

By Charles Robert Lindholm 

Each morning
I sit and watch
the Eastern horizon
start to glow 

with the tiniest
sliver of light Continue reading →

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AN UNNAMED MUSE – REPRISE

July 16, 2018July 15, 2018 ~ thereluctantpoet ~ 5 Comments

By Charles Robert Lindholm

She speaks to me
in the middle of the night
I wake to the silence
and hear, “You must write”

She tells me
of words
and makes them so clear
as She whispers Continue reading →

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THE DREAM OF REALITY – REPRISE

July 9, 2018July 8, 2018 ~ thereluctantpoet ~ Leave a comment

By Charles Robert Lindholm
 

the lights blur in the distance
my thoughts are doing the same
surrounded by darkness
with only momentary
and passing
instants
of clarity
and consciousness Continue reading →

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THE LADY PLAYED WHITE – REPRISE

July 8, 2018July 8, 2018 ~ thereluctantpoet ~ 5 Comments

THE LADY PLAYED WHITE - PLAYING CHESS B
By Charles Robert Lindholm

She slowly walked by
and made a racy comment,
while I thought
of some replies,
and then there was magic
that passed between our eyes, Continue reading →

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