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Night Owl Poetry – Dorinda Duclos

~ "The silence of the night awakens my soul"

Night Owl Poetry – Dorinda Duclos

Category Archives: free verse

Where My Life will End ~ #poetry #freeverse

11 Friday Aug 2017

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in free verse, Poems, Poetry

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There was a time

when the words

flowed like a waterfall,

an endless cascade

of letters, gathering

together like waves

in the ocean, crashing

down in a sigh, then

slipping away once again.

This is where my life will end,

like the bottom of a riverbed,

dried up, seared by the heat

of the daytime star, scarred

where words no longer

can bleed brittle memories,

merely to fall away,

an invisible page

 

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Flashbacks and Yesterdays ~ #poetry #freeverse

05 Saturday Aug 2017

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in free verse, Poems, Poetry

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#freeverse, #poetry, abuse, dark, dorindaduclos.com, flashbacks, footsteps, fright, hide, Monsters, Night Owl Poetry, nightmares, poems, writing, yesterdays


Flashbacks, and yesterdays, things that should be

forgotten, but are not, unexplained, pushed away

from what you need, only to find another place, to hide

blanking out pictures, sepia nightmares that won’t subside.

Colorless figures you run from, don’t look behind, they’ll find

you, tucked away, in the dark, you breathe, the only sound

and as footsteps echo through the hallway, doors open.

Hold your breath! Eyes shut! Don’t let the monsters in!

 

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Veil of Darkness ~ #poetry #freeverse

03 Thursday Aug 2017

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Night had fallen, in a veil of darkness

Mixed with moonlight, shadows called to me

They waited, watched, they edged closer

And fell back again, still, the stars twinkled

As planets smiled, and the ebony sky

Allowed me to dream

 

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Her Signal ~ #poetry #freeverse

31 Monday Jul 2017

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#freeverse, #poetry, autumn, change, cliche, color, dog days, dorindaduclos.com, leaves, nature, Night Owl Poetry, palette, poems, seasons, summer, trees, writing


Days pass, lazily, in the haze of summer

Nights become cooler, anticipation sets in

The subtle autumn air teases, but waits

She knows this is not her time, not quite yet

The cliché, dog days of summer, unfulfilled

Brown grasses and wilted flowers, her signal

To bring her vibrancy to the earth, colors

Which paint the skies, an artist’s palette

The trees, her easel, the leaves, her brush

Always a masterpiece, her yearly creation

 

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Echoes of Tears ~ #freeverse

25 Tuesday Jul 2017

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in free verse, Poems, Poetry

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#freeverse, #poetry, Abandoned, betrayed, dorindaduclos.com, human, Night Owl Poetry, poems, smuggling, trafficking, true events, writing

Authors Note:  This poem is based on true events in Texas.  The horrific way in which humans are being smuggled and trafficked has to stop!!!

They’re thrown, like trash

Into containers, chained

Padlocked, no air, no light

The only sound, echoes

Of tears, falling against

Metal floors, they dare not

Cry out, lest they lose

The only thing left, but life

Betrayed them, left them

Stranded, unable to survive

 

—> See news report HERE

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