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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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Bitter Is – #poetry #DecemberWriting

31 Sunday Dec 2017

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in December Writing, Poems, Poetry

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Bitter is this winter day

The winds cut through my skin

These old bones begin to shake

I can feel the cold within

Chattering, my teeth

As they play a musical tune

“Summertime” I hear them say

And it can’t come too soon

Age has taken hold of me

I like the cold no more

So I’ll curl up by the fireplace

Let it warm me to the core

 

Writing Prompt – Bitter Bones – Day 31/31 ~ And this completes Michelle’s writing prompts for December.  Bring on the New Year!

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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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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

 

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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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Miles of Gold – #poetry #DecemberWriting

29 Friday Dec 2017

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in December Writing, Poems, Poetry

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There’s no other feeling like it

In fact, it really is so grand

It’s what I dream of often

Bare toes in the cooling sand

How I love to bury my feet

Knowing the tides and sand combined

Awash with the waves, onto the shore

Leaving traces of goodness behind

I keep these thoughts ever with me

Through the winter, the bitter cold

Knowing I can return once again

To sink my feet into miles of gold

 

Writing Prompt – Gritty Globs of Goodness – Day 29/31

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Friday Fantasy ~ Unite – #poetry

29 Friday Dec 2017

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Friday Fantasy, Poems, Poetry

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A child of the moon, his calling

Teddy bear, close at hand

Makes his way up the mountain, crawling

This night, so carefully planned

Not by he, too little to comprehend

But by the light in the sky above

That slowly guides him, to ascend

To be closer, to the one he loves

Every night, it’s the same, this story

How the child and the moon unite

Both bask in their triumph, their glory

Fascinated by each, with delight

 

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