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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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To Dwell in the Mundane ~ #poetry #sadness

09 Tuesday Jan 2018

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in free verse, Poems, Poetry

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#freeverse, #poetry, death, depression, dorindaduclos.com, life, Night Owl Poetry, poems, sadness, self-hate, Upside Down, whirlwind, writing


The days are upside down

A whirlwind of unknowns

Each morning, I face them

A mirror image of who I am

But where do I need to be?

I overlook the important

To dwell in the mundane

Endlessly searching for me

Wondering where I went

Yet, never finding myself

It’s a brutal pattern

A continuous thread

Unraveling, dangling

With no scissors in sight

To cut away the fray

Until it is too late

Everything I have done

Denigrated, criticized

Until the attacks cease

Forever brought to an end

 

Authors Note:  Just letting you know I am fine.  My poetry, lately, has been reflective of those who are not fine.  I am merely a voice for those who cannot speak…

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Friday Fantasy ~ The Ice Queen – #poetry #freeverse

05 Friday Jan 2018

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in free verse, Friday Fantasy, Poems, Poetry

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#poetry, aurora, crown, dark, deadly, dorindaduclos.com, fantasy, Friday Fantasy, frozen, ice, Night Owl Poetry, poems, queen, soul, writing


She is
A frozen beauty
In the night
The aurora
Of lights

Shimmering

Cold

Dark

Deadly

A vision
Reflecting
Jewels
Gleaming
The crown
She holds

Alluring

Her offer

Enticing

Accept it, and she will freeze
Your soul

 

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Walk with Me ~ #poetry #freeverse

04 Thursday Jan 2018

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in free verse, Poems, Poetry

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#poetry, day, dorindaduclos.com, footprints, life, night, Night Owl Poetry, poems, sand dunes, Snowfall, snowflakes, wind, writing


Walk with me, softly through the night

Over pillows of sand, piled high

Like the dunes, on a deserted beach

We’ll leave footprints, trailing behind

Our life’s path, where many will travel

Yet, only those who dare, triumph

Walk with me, softly through the day

Gaze at the snow, floating gently

Creating a wonderland, distinct

In crystalline shapes, delicately placed

By the winds, carelessly blowing

Quietly, through our minds

 

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Goodbye Twenty-Seventeen ~ #freeverse

30 Saturday Dec 2017

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in free verse, Poems, Poetry

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#poetry, 2017, 2018, dorindaduclos.com, end of year, goodbye, memories, new hope, Night Owl Poetry, poems, promises, spring, summer, warmth, Winter, writing


Goodbye twenty seventeen

Your final days, eclipsed

By bitter clouds of snow

Dancing, swirling about

Making us long for the warmth

Of a springtime shower, or

The glow of the sun against

The blue waters of the ocean

Blankets spread out, picnics

And Frisbee, kites flying

And castles built in the sands

Time slips by, again and again

Goodbye twenty seventeen

Memories of you fade quickly

As a new year brings promise

Of much brighter tomorrows

 

©2017 Dorinda Duclos All Rights Reserved
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Drawing the Line – #poetry #DecemberWriting

30 Saturday Dec 2017

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in December Writing, free verse, Poems, Poetry

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#DecemberWriting, #freeverse, #poetry, dorindaduclos.com, dreams, fantasies, Lines, Night Owl Poetry, poems, sleep, verse, visions, writing, writing prompt


I have never known

where to draw the line

my fantasies, bleed out

from the end of a pencil

onto blank pages

where thoughts spill

without ink, splotches

of words, erased, replaced

then smeared again

by the brush of my hand

or is it my vision, blurring

the existing lines, a verse

left unattended because

I have fallen asleep

into yet another dream

 

Writing Prompt – Drawing the Line – Day 30/31

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