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Night Owl Poetry – Dorinda Duclos

~ "The silence of the night awakens my soul"

Night Owl Poetry – Dorinda Duclos

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Seek the Rising Sun – #Tanka – #poetry #challenge

29 Tuesday Sep 2020

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Colleen's Weekly Poetry Challenge, Poetry, Tanka

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Looking, not for gloom

I must seek the rising sun

Casting eyes upward

Knowing, I will find the light;

Warm comfort in these dark times

 

COLLEEN’S 2020 WEEKLY #TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 197, #SPECIFICFORM: Tanka

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On the night sky – #Haiku – #poetry #challenge

24 Thursday Sep 2020

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Colleen's Weekly Poetry Challenge, Haiku, Poetry

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Golden droplets glow

Shimmering ever softly

In the pitch of night

 

COLLEEN’S 2020 WEEKLY #TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 196, #THEMEPROMPT

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Easter Secrets – #Shadorma – #poetry challenge – #Easter – #NaPoWriMo

12 Sunday Apr 2020

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Colleen's Weekly Poetry Challenge, NaPoWriMo, Poetry, Shadorma

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Colleen’s poetry challenge for this week is Poet’s Choice. I chose to write an Easter Shadorma.


Easter morn

With smiling faces

Kiddies seek

Their treasure

No one dares tell them the truth

It is a secret

 

HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!! ❤

Colleen’s 2020 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 172, #Poet’sChoice

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Into the Abyss – #haibun – #senryu – #poetry challenge

10 Friday Jan 2020

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Colleen's Weekly Poetry Challenge, Poetry

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Colleen’s poetry challenge for this week is Poet’s Choice. I chose to write a Haibun/Senryu.


Through the darkness of morning, a shrill sound breaks the silence. I am startled, groggy, finally realizing it’s the telephone ringing. I answer to hear apologies for waking me, as she rambles on about another place. She doesn’t care for where she is. She only knows she has to move.

I cannot go through this again. The last time nearly buried me. Still, I feel myself sinking further down, into that abyss, with no hope of seeing the light again.

 

Self-preservation
My anomaly exposed
Battles for the win

 

 

Colleen’s 2020 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 159, #Poet’sChoice

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Dare to Cling ~ #poetry challenge – #Tanka

12 Thursday Dec 2019

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Colleen's Weekly Poetry Challenge, Poetry, Poetry Challenge

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Colleen’s poetry challenge for this week is synonyms only!  Her two words are Give and Shake.  Check out Colleen’s blog to find which forms of poetry are acceptable for this challenge.  Have fun!

Written as a Tanka, my synonyms are Abandoning and Shudder.


As winter snow falls,

I shudder in the cold air,

Abandoning warmth.

Much like dear autumn’s last leaf,

Who dares to cling too tightly.

 

Colleen’s 2019 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 157 #SynonymsOnly

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