Written in response to Davy D's "Are You a Poet?" I am a poet by heart not choice not decision didn't try didn't know just wrote and what inked my pages was poetry by happenstance words woven by emotion so strong it could be nothing less for in poetry the soul bleeds truth the poet … Continue reading Not a Choice
Call and Response
The Call: Look Not on the Thorns/Linda Luna
Today's Call and Response come from Linda Luna/DARK SIDE OF THE MOON and Chuck/The Reluctant Poet. “Without thorns there would be no roses.” —Author unknown Be not afraid of my mean features. You have them too, you know. Our friendship includes pain Not unexpected, But the pricks are small compared to all We add to … Continue reading The Call: Look Not on the Thorns/Linda Luna
The Response: I SHALL KEEP MY EYES ON YOU
Today’s Call and Response come from Linda Luna/DARK SIDE OF THE MOON and Chuck/The Reluctant Poet. A RESPONSE POEM TO "Look Not On The Thorns" By Charles Robert Lindholm I shall keep my eyes on you, you are the prize for my heart the joy of my soul the lover I seek for my forever … Continue reading The Response: I SHALL KEEP MY EYES ON YOU
The Response: My Worn and Tattered Heart-Charles/The Reluctant Poet
forlorn and forgotten like refrigerator art once you vowed to love me but now we live apart I do my best at coping now until the teardrops start falling on the surface of my worn and tattered heart but someday soon I’ll feel the Spring and Sunshine on my face and my heart will heal … Continue reading The Response: My Worn and Tattered Heart-Charles/The Reluctant Poet
The Call: Tattered Heart-Christine/Brave and Reckless
Today we are bringing you another a Call and Response from Christine/Brave and Reckless and Chuck/The Reluctant Poet. i am a faded, tattered valentine pinned to a dusty bulletin board a thumb tack piercing my heart partially covered by photographs of smiling new faces and perky motivational sayings only bits and pieces of me still … Continue reading The Call: Tattered Heart-Christine/Brave and Reckless
The Response: Memories In Amber/Charles
Today we are bringing you a Call and Response from Christine/Brave and Reckless and Chuck/The Reluctant Poet. The line in Christine's poem "Memories captured in amber" inspired the Reluctant Poet to write about his own memories in amber. Covered in Amber the residue of my tears washing over my memories down through the years from … Continue reading The Response: Memories In Amber/Charles
The Call: I Am/Christine
Today we are bringing you a Call and Response from Christine/Brave and Reckless and Chuck/The Reluctant Poet. The line in Christine's poem "Memories captured in amber" inspired the Reluctant Poet to write about his own memories in amber. I am Fragments of poetry Wisps of dreams Drifting musical notes Memories captured in amber Metal … Continue reading The Call: I Am/Christine
