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A LOVE REMEMBERED

June 5, 2022June 4, 2022 ~ thereluctantpoet

By Charles Robert Lindholm 

Few words, say so much
as the message of silence
and the parting touch
so sad, yet tender  Continue reading →

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HAS THERE BEEN AN ECHO FROM MY LIFE?

June 4, 2022June 3, 2022 ~ thereluctantpoet ~ 1 Comment

By Charles Robert Lindholm 

I imagine standing
at the edge of eternity
at the edge of the abyss
and wondering
if there has been an echo
from the life I have lived on earth
anywhere in the world  Continue reading →

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YOU’RE AN INSPIRATION

June 4, 2022June 3, 2022 ~ thereluctantpoet

By Charles Robert Lindholm

To a woman of beauty,
with a mischievous smile
and a seductive pose

with words that thrill me
in poems and prose” Continue reading →

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A PRICELESS GIFT

June 4, 2022June 3, 2022 ~ thereluctantpoet ~ 2 Comments

By Charles Robert Lindholm

The applause of the world
dies away
and is forgotten
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HAS THERE BEEN AN ECHO FROM MY LIFE?

June 3, 2022June 3, 2022 ~ thereluctantpoet

By Charles Robert Lindholm 

I imagine standing
at the edge of eternity
at the edge of the abyss
and wondering
if there has been an echo
from the life I have lived on earth
anywhere in the world  Continue reading →

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THE WORD WEAVER

June 2, 2022June 1, 2022 ~ thereluctantpoet

By Charles Robert Lindholm 

Quietly he sits
in the silence of the night
weaving words inside his head
by the flickering candlelight

His muse has shown him everything
in the grand design
so he weaves his words with subtlety,
with cadence, rhythm and rhyme Continue reading →

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THE CHOICE REMAINS

June 1, 2022May 31, 2022 ~ thereluctantpoet

By Charles Robert Lindholm

choices, choices everywhere
but not the will to think
wanting to just wait and see
and hide behind a drink  Continue reading →

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I’M JEALOUS OF THE WORDS I WRITE

June 1, 2022May 31, 2022 ~ thereluctantpoet

By Charles Robert Lindholm

I’m jealous of the words I write

knowing  they’ll be touching you

deep in your heart, while we’re apart

and I’m alone in the night without you Continue reading →

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WHISPERED REASSURANCES

May 31, 2022May 30, 2022 ~ thereluctantpoet

By Charles Robert Lindholm

I don’t know
how You can see me
from half a world away
and yet I know, You know me
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DOING NOTHING IS A CHOICE

May 31, 2022May 30, 2022 ~ thereluctantpoet

By Charles Robert Lindholm 

doing nothing’s still a choice
so choose you must
and choose you will  Continue reading →

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