outside and afraid searching for something a connection not made once beating with exuberant pace a heart tripping with passion be patient, it's not that type of race heading towards light emerging from darkness heavy and daunting, gather your might a train pushing on, stuck on the rails the brakeman says no I only chart … Continue reading Unclaimed – Ian Perlman
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Sentenced – Ian Perlman
forgotten by time or a lost way? a choice has been made, but not your own expect sadness, welcome it next it’s time to celebrate the core of happiness the time for excuses left yesterday inherit tomorrow’s sunrise before the ground drops making the terrain impassable your heart will be broken, but trust in the … Continue reading Sentenced – Ian Perlman
STAINED GLASS LIGHT
By Charles Robert Lindholm 2-28-2017. At 6:30 a.m. I see the image of Jesus In the darkness of the night Extending love to everyone Through, the stained glass light From sea to shining sea A healing love like falling rain On saints and sinners like me © 2017 Charles Robert Lindholm - The Reluctant Poet … Continue reading STAINED GLASS LIGHT
I CANNOT WRITE IN CURSIVE
By Charles Robert Lindholm I cannot write in cursive when I write poetry, when I write about you and the life we had I have to print slowly and steadily as the feelings and emotions roll over my soul again, like a new tsunami every time I write about us in a new and different … Continue reading I CANNOT WRITE IN CURSIVE
AN EMOTIONAL NUCLEAR EXPLOSION
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 the shock wave of her words wounded my heart the devastation was complete it destroyed our home our family and our dreams of a … Continue reading AN EMOTIONAL NUCLEAR EXPLOSION
Poem: Free Verse – “Wildfire” #amwritingpoetry #godoggocafe
Credit: Toa Heftiba via Unsplash. I am a wildfire, A star that effervesces and multiplies; Miracle of light. Seeking love despite, for my innate wildness. I am a wildfire, And untamed with light despite, Treacherous treks through crumbling peaks, Shadows of the dimmest valley's bleak. Glowing through the vast unbroken wilderness. I am a wildfire, … Continue reading Poem: Free Verse – “Wildfire” #amwritingpoetry #godoggocafe
HE HELD MY HEART IN HIS HAND
By Charles Robert Lindholm My Heart Had Been Shattered With Pieces Scattered Everywhere In My Life Sitting In Darkness Silent In My Sadness Alone Until He Came To Sit With Me He Had Listened To Me And Cared Enough To Search For All The Broken Pieces Of My Heart He Found Them One By One … Continue reading HE HELD MY HEART IN HIS HAND
Indie Blu(e) Publishing Announces The Release of We Will Not Be Silenced
We Will Not Be Silenced: The Lived Experience of Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault Told Powerfully Through Poetry, Prose, Essay, and Art is the brainchild of Kindra M. Austin, Candice Louisa Daquin, Rachel Finch, and Christine E. Ray. The four indie writers and survivors felt compelled to do something after the strongly triggering Kavanaugh Confirmation … Continue reading Indie Blu(e) Publishing Announces The Release of We Will Not Be Silenced
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By Charles Robert Lindholm Poetry = Words healing my heart Copyright © 2017 Charles Robert Lindholm - All Rights Reserved
Poem: Free Verse – “Knowing Why” #amwritingpoetry #GDGC
Credit: ORIENTO via Unsplash I don’t know why there’s disease, Why cells kill each other. Why our immune systems turn, Or our brains suck too much cortisol; Too little or too much Seratonion. I don’t know why the world’s fractured, And all these bad things terribly matter. I don’t know why we love, but love’s … Continue reading Poem: Free Verse – “Knowing Why” #amwritingpoetry #GDGC
