Your Positive Mental Transformation starts with your Social Detoxification
Continue readingJanuary 18, 2026
Your Karma Shouldn’t Be A Bitch
January 18, 2026
DANCING
By Charles Robert Lindholm
dancing to the music
you always lead
you call the tune
I always pay
dancing to the music
partners in fantasy Continue reading
January 17, 2026
THE KEY
By Charles Robert Lindholm
she wants to keep the key
it seems rather strange
since she’s left
the city
the state
and me
she needed to distance me
with time
with miles
with an affair Continue reading
January 16, 2026
WHAT AM I TO YOU?
By Charles Robert Lindholm
What am I to You?
a spouse, a friend, a lover
a ship passing in the night
a momentary pleasure
a memory with no name
What am I to You?
a soulmate for a lifetime
a playmate for a good time Continue reading
January 15, 2026
National Pothole Day
Another outrageous “national day” and another Limerick Guy and Donnie Purcell collaboration
Continue readingJanuary 15, 2026
WE’LL BE KINDRED SPIRITS
By Charles Robert Lindholm
My soul it is an eagle
come join me on the flight
across the clear blue skies
to the Edges of the Night Continue reading
January 14, 2026
Limerick: Lovely Light, Bright and True
Whether red, maybe blue, lovely green,
it is light. It is bright and serene,
but I wonder if you
know that light can be true?
Well, I do and it’s true. I have seen.
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Esther Chilton offers “red” for this week’s Writing Prompts.
January 14, 2026
National Take The Stairs Day
National Take The Stairs Day is celebrated on the second Wednesday of January, encouraging people to use stairs instead of elevators for health benefits. Taking the stairs strengthens your heart, improves your circulation, builds muscle, helps with weight management, and boosts metabolism. – Google AI Overview
Continue readingJanuary 14, 2026
WE’LL BE KINDRED SPIRITS – REPRISE
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By Charles Robert Lindholm
My soul it is an eagle
come join me on the flight
across the clear blue skies
to the Edges of the Night
We’ll touch our wings
and sing and dance
We’ll live and love and play
until the gentle breezes
take us
past our final day
We’ll be the Kindred Spirits
we’ve always longed to be
join me on the journey
Please come and fly with me
we’ll know the sweetest pleasures
we’ll have the strongest bond
Souls wrapped up and intertwined
’til we reach the Great Beyond
Copyright © 2017 Charles Robert Lindholm – All Rights Reserved
TO THE BELOVED KINDRED SPIRITS IN MY LIFE!
January 13, 2026
National Rubber Ducky Day
National Rubber Ducky Day is celebrated annually on January 13th, marking the birthday of Ernie’s beloved bath toy from Sesame Street, who first appeared in 1970 and had a hit song. – Google AI Overview
Continue readingJanuary 13, 2026
THE DREAM I DREAMED OF
By Charles Robert Lindholm
So many times I’ve struggled
so many people knew
I’d do the best I could
and somehow muddle through Continue reading
January 12, 2026
Limerick: Farm
There’s a farm in the valley that’s fine.
You can buy there fresh veggies and wine.
There are eggs there as well.
Though some critters may smell,
when there’s sun, then the sun loves to shine.
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Esther Chilton offers “farm” for this week’s Laughing Along With A Limerick.
January 12, 2026
International French Onion Soup Day
“International French Onion Soup Day” is celebrated annually on January 12th. Historically a “soup for the peasants” made from readily available onions, the hearty dish became popular among Parisian market workers and late-night partygoers as a comfort food and hangover remedy.
Continue readingJanuary 12, 2026
National Clean Your Desk Day
National Clean Your Desk Day is observed annually on the second Monday of January, serving as a reminder to declutter and organize workspaces for better focus and productivity, often coinciding with New Year’s resolutions for a fresh start to the year. It’s a day to clear out old documents, organize supplies, manage cables, and generally reset your physical and digital desktop environment to reduce stress and improve workflow. “A cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind.” This is the original, more critical adage. It suggests that a person’s external environment reflects their internal mental state and organizational skills.
Continue readingJanuary 12, 2026
SHE WATCHED ME WALK AWAY
By Charles Robert Lindholm – The Reluctant Poet
She Watched Me Walk Away
As I Left Her To The Life
She Had Chosen To Keep
The Life She Couldn’t Let Go Of
I Understood
We Both Did
There Was No
Other Way
Sometimes
What You Want Most
Isn’t Meant To Be
No Matter How Much
You Want It
The Little Piece
Of Heaven On Earth
We Found
Wasn’t Ours To Keep
It Was Just A Tease
That Vanished Too Quickly
Something We Will
Have To Just Dream About
She Left Me
With The Dreams
And The Memories
I Will Always Keep
And That Will Have To Be
Enough
For This Lifetime
She Watched Me Walk Away
As I Blew Her A Kiss
And Left Her To Her Life
Copyright © 2018 Charles Robert Lindholm – The Reluctant Poet
All Rights Reserved
January 12, 2026
THREE LITTLE LINES OF POETRY
By Charles Robert Lindholm
Three little lines of poetry
so easily I read
but then I found them wandering
deep inside my head Continue reading
January 11, 2026
I COULD BECOME ADDICTED
By Charles Robert Lindholm
what is it about your smile
that makes it feel
like sunshine
warming my heart? Continue reading
January 10, 2026
THE LOVER OF THE LIGHT ————RESPONSE POEM TO SINGLEDUST’S ————— The Lighthouse On The Hill
By Charles Robert Lindholm – The Reluctant Poet
She stands high upon the bluff
a silhouette of one
lonely on the shore
It’s what she’s always done
She is a lonely beacon
that beckons all to come
unnoticed by the multitudes
but cared about by some
An angel to the sailors
on a bleak and stormy night
the savior to the ships at sea
on a foggy night
She’s not a Prima Dona
she feels no need for praise
she’s shy about herself
and how she spends her days
she knows she has a duty
that comes around each night
and so, from far away
You can see her shinning bright
You might think,
that she’d be lonely
high upon the bluff
but her Beloved Tender,
loves her
and for her
that is enough
Copyright © Charles Robert Lindholm – All Rights Reserved
A Love Story about The Lighthouse and “The Lover Of The Light”!
A Response Poem to Singledust’s “The Lighthouse On The Hill“
January 9, 2026
MY TOUCHSTONE
By Charles Robert Lindholm
Why is it that Love hurts?
Even when things are going right
Being apart puts a hurt on your heart
that’s like being held underwater Continue reading
January 9, 2026
National Static Electricity Day
Artwork by Donnie Purcell
National Static Electricity Day is observed annually on January 9. The day is dedicated to the science of triboelectricity—static electricity, the buildup of electric charges on a material’s surface, caused by an imbalance of electrons, typically from friction between insulators like rubbing a balloon on hair. This imbalance creates attractive or repulsive forces and can lead to a sudden discharge (a shock) when charges equalize. It is intentionally held during the winter in the Northern Hemisphere because the air is drier and less humid, which makes it easier to generate and observe static shocks. – Google AI Overview
January 8, 2026
National Snuggle A Chicken Day
The purpose of this seriously weird “day” is to recognize chickens as unique, smart, and emotional creatures deserving of care, promoting compassion and changing perceptions. But that is not always the case….
January 8, 2026
I FOUND A PAIR OF SPARKLING EYES
By Charles Robert Lindholm
I looked across
my shoulder, left
and there
to my surprise
I found a pair
of sparkling eyes
and finally
realized
January 7, 2026
National Pass Gas Day
I don’t know how I could have missed this National Day. As I have previously stated, my limerick posts about farts get the most views and the most likes. Double the next closest topic – oral sex. Why? Because FARTS ARE FUNNY. Fart jokes have been around as long as there have been farts and they are embedded in comedy from Aristophanes ancient anal anecdotes to Billy Shakespeare pulling barking spider jokes out of his butt to Mel Brooks and his cowboys ripping rump rounds around the campfire. And to misquote the Bard of Avon and adapt one of his most famous lines for Pass Gas Day – A FART by any other name would smell as stinky – And still get cheap laughs. With that, I give you this….
Bodily functions and close personal relationships will always collide. There is no power on earth more powerful than Mother Nature and she loves a good fart, and the subsequent awkward moment and possible resulting fart joke. And kids love farts and fart jokes. I told my daughter that I was not allowed to bring her home from the hospital until I signed a binding affidavit that I would teach her to pull my finger as soon as I thought she would laugh at the fart that followed the pull.
January 7, 2026
Limerick: White Snow
Ah! I know on white days there is snow.
It is bright in the light. I will go
out to play in the stuff
till enough is enough,
go inside where I’ll hide from the snow.
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Esther Chilton offers “snow” for this week’s Writing Prompts.
January 7, 2026
I SHALL ALWAYS HUNGER
By Charles Robert Lindholm
I may never feel the touch
of your skin upon mine
or drink in all your kisses
like some fabled, vintage wine Continue reading
January 6, 2026
National Cuddle Up Day & National Bean Day…A Couple Of Oxymoronic National Days
Today has two cool National Days and one dubious “cool” National Food Day (it has heat attached to it – both physically and emotionally). My partner in crime and rhyme, Donnie Purcell, has a clever drawing capturing the essence of National Cuddle Up Day and National Bean Day.
Continue readingJanuary 6, 2026
THE ONE WHO ALWAYS LOVES ME
THE ONE WHO ALWAYS LOVES ME
By Charles Robert Lindholm
Unworthy
of the gift
of forgiveness
am I
But still
the gift
is offered Continue reading
January 5, 2026
Limerick: Curly Curls
Well, I don’t think I have much to say
about curls that girls display.
When each curl is true,
then the girl is, too –
so I thought – and still do – come what may.
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Esther Chilton offers “curl” as the prompt for this week’s Laughing Along With A Limerick.
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