Author Archives: Dorinda Duclos

No Debate about It ~ #poetry #WOTD #FOWC #RDP #DWP

02 Tuesday Apr 2019

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Imagine all human idiosyncrasy, gathered in one place

It could surely stretch the imagination, to create this

The only absolute is, we are all of different face

On the upside, there’s no way, anyone can debate this

 

Word of the Day – Upside
FOWC with Fandango – Idiosyncrasy
Ragtag Daily Prompt – Stretch
Daily Word Prompt – Absolute

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Wide Awake, Exhausted ~ #NaPoWriMo #poetry #freeverse

02 Tuesday Apr 2019

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It’s one AM and I should be sleeping
But of course, dear Auntie Insomnia
Has come to visit, and this time, stays
Far too long as far as I’m concerned
She needs to find a place of her own
One that isn’t in near proximity of me
I can feel my eyelids getting heavy
And the physical being of my body
Collapses, but the mind, oh that mind
Refuses to obey a command for rest
Melatonin escapes through pores
Oozing and weeping, until it is free
And I am left wide awake, exhausted
Hours tick by, the click of the clock
Hanging on my office wall, annoys
A reminder it doesn’t sleep either
Rather, it rallies me to do something
Maybe I’ll play a computer game
Yes, of course, more stimulation
In an overstimulated brain, smart
Real smart solution to this problem
I have long awaited the sandman
But even he has moved onto simple
Tasks he need not hover over
Ones who know the secret, kept
Like good little minions, far away
From the likes of me, the other one
Who simply cannot figure out why
She remains wide awake, exhausted…

 

 

 

 

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The Bridge to Malawi – #poetry – #AprilWriting

02 Tuesday Apr 2019

Posted by in April Writing, Poems, Poetry

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A bridge to find a new world to explore

Not one just outside my front door

Some place far away, a simpler kind

Nothing to carry, a load off my mind

A bridge, to the warm heart of a land

To a country where there are no demands

Across the equator, and southern plain

Friendly people walking down the lane

In Africa, Malawi, holds these treasures

Landlocked, the lake so pure, a pleasure

Muli bwanji, is the way to say hello

Always extend a greeting, as you go

Happy people, grace this humble place

And surely bring a smile, to a hardened face

 

April Writing Prompts – The bridge to Malawi – Day 2/30

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Fix the App, Trash the Reader? #WordPress, what gives?

02 Tuesday Apr 2019

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For those of us using the iOS App for WordPress, we received an email yesterday telling us that our WordPress App had signed us out because there was a security issue.  If you haven’t seen it, this is it:

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Great. So, it logged me out, and I logged back in, and lo and behold, the reader isn’t working!!!!!! I get as far as one hour ago and, boom, everything else is gone. Anyone else having this problem? Honestly, I’m disgusted over the whole reader crap that’s been going on and this just adds to it.

Hey!  Happiness Engineers!  I…am not happy!

Who’s the Fool ~ #poetry #WOTD #FOWC #RDP #DWP

01 Monday Apr 2019

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So silly were they, thinking he was a fool

How they talked about him, behind his back

What they didn’t know, was he was no tool

Deep down inside, they really didn’t know Jack

 

Word of the Day – Down
FOWC with Fandango – Fool
Ragtag Daily Prompt – Fool
Daily Word Prompt – Fool

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