Take A Moment- Michael Erickson

Let my spirit soar, Upon a rising tide. To stretch my fingers across, This heavenly sky. Untethered is my being, As sweet peace comes rushing in. As foot leaves the ground, And heart swells to bursting. I rise with a rising eddy, Aware of firm earth far beneath my wings. Come and take my outstretched …

OUR FREEDOM THREATENED

By Charles Robert Lindholm Freedom Of Speech Will Not Survive Wealth, Power And Apathetic Voters Copyright © 2019 Charles Robert Lindholm - The Reluctant Poet All Rights Reserved - Please Come And View My Archives 12.11.2019

Colorful Music

leaves like confetti like a dance floor at midnight colorful music The above poem is written in the form of Haiku. Haiku is an unrhymed poetic form consisting of 17 syllables arranged in three lines of 5-7-5 syllables respectively. Haiku tends to relate primarily to NATURE. Learn more about poetry styles here. Hey y'all, thanks …

THROWBACK FRIDAY: Play

Go outside and play - magical words when you're a child - unheard as an adult. But is it really?  Go out in the world and play.  Like playing a character in a theatrical performance or on film...we slip into characters from the moment we wake up. And like in many superhero films and theatre, …

Are You Free? – John W. Leys Guest Barista

I’m not free, She said, I can’t fly free Among the clouds. Gravity is oppressing me And holding me back. I’m not free, He said, From the chain Of causality That stretches From the Big Bang, Throwing matter into motion, To the motion of the air From her lips To my ear Telling me its …

HAIKU: BREAKING RULES

By Charles Robert Lindholm I love breaking rules and hearing conformists scream as I am laughing Copyright © 2017 Charles Robert Lindholm - The Reluctant Poet All Rights Reserved - Please Come Visit My Archives!

AN IMPROVISED LIFE

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 A high wire act meant to thrill you so daring and bold it might kill you  A dangerous course on an uncharted sea too scary for those who will never live …

LONE WOLF – ENCORE

By Charles Robert Lindholm The Lone Wolf Lives In Solitary Silence He Lays Down Alone At Night A Master Hunter An Endless Hunger An Aching Need He Has To Fight Content To Be Alone Not Running With The Pack Always Moving Forward Never Looking Back The Darkness Overtakes Him He Sleeps, But With A Chill …

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, …

Where This River Takes Me

Where this river takes me is the place I will linger among the weeping willows and the kudzu vines whiling away precious hours, savoring fleeting time Baring my hidden soul and my aged body I'll tell the river my secrets that no one else knows I'll let it see me naked as I shed my …