April 26, 2026
by thereluctantpoet
Come Read And Enjoy This From Me!!!!
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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April 19, 2026
by thereluctantpoet
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
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April 16, 2026
by thereluctantpoet
By Charles Robert Lindholm
If you get left in the woods
don’t worry, be calm
someone else will come along
don’t chase after
the one who left you
First Responders say, “Stay Put”
and they are the experts
when it comes to
the left and abandoned
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April 15, 2026
by thereluctantpoet
By Charles Robert Lindholm
She set off
an emotional
nuclear explosion
when she said,
“I want a divorce”
I was blinded by
a burning truth
searing my soul
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April 14, 2026
by thereluctantpoet
By Charles Robert Lindholm
In disbelief,
He described
her exact words to me
they were:
unambiguous
definitive
descriptive
emotional
heated
final
and
specific
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April 8, 2026
by thereluctantpoet
By Charles Robert Lindholm
Am I just summer to your heart?
not enough to fill your life
but only just a part
The warm and fun and carefree me
in sunshine and sunsets, on the beach
spending time together
but only for awhile
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April 5, 2026
by thereluctantpoet
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?
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April 4, 2026
by thereluctantpoet
By Charles Robert Lindholm
I should have let you
when you asked me
I should have told you
“Please don’t stop”
I should have let
your passions win me
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April 3, 2026
by thereluctantpoet
By Charles Robert Lindholm
time will slowly
heal the hurt
and help you move along
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April 1, 2026
by thereluctantpoet
By Charles Robert Lindholm
there’s something about you
that even a blind man can see
there’s a joy in your soul
that even the deaf can hear
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March 29, 2026
by thereluctantpoet
By Charles Robert Lindholm
It’s Not Always Easy To Be Positive
In A Situation That Is Hurtful Or Painful,
Or Embarrassing, Or Negative
Life Brings All Of Us Challenges
That Are Hard To Handle And Deal With
And Brings Us Sorrow, Sadness And Tears
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March 17, 2026
by The Limerick Guy
Artwork by Donnie O’Purcell
St. Patrick’s Day is a day when everyone is Irish. No other ethnic holiday can make the claim. I can’t recall everyone wanting to be Jewish on Yom Kippur or Passover. Who wouldn’t want to adopt an ethnic culture that encourages intoxication and flatulence for one day. Seriously, green beer, boiled meat and boiled cabbage. Talk about your drunken fart fest. Sign me up and call me Joelly O’ Kravitz.
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March 4, 2026
by thereluctantpoet
By Charles Robert Lindholm
My future days
dwindle
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February 18, 2026
by thereluctantpoet
By Charles Robert Lindholm
Softly Sundown comes
to put the day to bed
dusting off the dirt
kissing the hurts
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February 14, 2026
by thereluctantpoet
By Charles Robert Lindholm
I think back
to the days
when we were young
and we caught
snowflakes on our tongue
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February 13, 2026
by thereluctantpoet
By Charles Robert Lindholm
If you will ask me
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February 12, 2026
by thereluctantpoet
By Charles Robert Lindholm
deficit spending
causes cash flow problems
no money in the bank
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February 11, 2026
by thereluctantpoet
By Charles Robert Lindholm
Mystery of life
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February 10, 2026
by thereluctantpoet
By Charles Robert Lindholm
doing nothing’s still a choice
so choose you must
and choose you will
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February 9, 2026
by thereluctantpoet
By Charles Robert Lindholm
I lost the love I planned on
when I lost her
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February 8, 2026
by thereluctantpoet
By Charles Robert Lindholm
I’m an old toy
up on a shelf
replaced by a new one
I’m all by myself
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February 3, 2026
by thereluctantpoet
—-MEMORIES OF THE PAST—-
By Charles Robert Lindholm
she’s so loving
and yet unloved
so caring
though she’s neglected
she’s giving
but never given to
a beautiful lady
who lives life unadmired
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February 1, 2026
by thereluctantpoet
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?
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January 29, 2026
by thereluctantpoet
By Charles Robert Lindholm
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As I lie here in the darkness
and you utter not a word
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January 28, 2026
by thereluctantpoet
By Charles Robert Lindholm
A helium balloon
rising in the air
a fitting symbol
for a heartfelt prayer
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January 27, 2026
by thereluctantpoet
By Charles Robert Lindholm
An improvised life
no following footsteps
like the rest of us
it’s not what we’ve heard
professed to us
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January 21, 2026
by thereluctantpoet
By Charles Robert Lindholm
I’ve seen what you
will never see,
again
Your life is better
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January 19, 2026
by thereluctantpoet
By Charles Robert Lindholm and Linda Luna
Tic Toc-ing clock
please move faster
and stop torturing me
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