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Night Owl Poetry – Dorinda Duclos

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Night Owl Poetry – Dorinda Duclos

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Simpleminded Twists – #poetry #FebruaryWriting

22 Friday Feb 2019

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in February Writing, Poems, Poetry

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What would your life be like?

If you could only see trees and sky?

Rain puddles, gather in your nose

Upside down tears, that go awry

Eating could also be a real hassle

More in your eyes, and on your face

The hair, on the top of your head

Will always seem to look out of place

I’d imagine that’s how it would be

If we couldn’t get up, off the ground

Much like a statue, carved in stone

It would be pretty hard to get around

All the simpleminded things we do

Are quite small, in total retrospect

Then reality comes, kicks us in the ass

And you realize, it’s a pain in the neck

 

February Writing Prompts – Simpleminded twists – Day 22/28

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Ragamuffin Memories – #poetry #FebruaryWriting

21 Thursday Feb 2019

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in February Writing, Poems, Poetry

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Clothes, too large, tattered and torn

Sweater sleeves cut, used for socks

No place to turn, no phone to call

Out on the streets, of hard knocks

Dirty knees that haven’t had a bath

In so long, you’ve forgotten now

Panhandling your way, for a buck

But no one will feed you, anyhow

Wandering, empty, down the lanes

Where others avoid you, quite cleverly

Shadows at night, in the splatter of rain

Leave you, with ragamuffin memories

 

February Writing Prompts – Ragamuffin remembrances – Day 21/28

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No One ~ #poetry #depression #freeverse

20 Wednesday Feb 2019

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in free verse, Poems, Poetry

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Wasted
The hours in a day
Doing nothing
Wallowing
In empty air
And blank spaces
The mind
Reeling
In no specific direction
Slamming
Into a brick wall
But no damage
Except to the soul
Damaged
Torn apart
Ripped
From its very essence
Mangled, as if
It had been ravaged
By a predator
But that predator
Only lives within me
The walls
I have built myself
Keep me
Safely guarded, away
From the vicious
And yet
I want to explode
To let it out
Still
No one will hear
No one will care
No one
Even notices
How lost
Inside myself
I am
No one

 

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Jellied Geniuses – #poetry #FebruaryWriting

20 Wednesday Feb 2019

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in February Writing, Poems, Poetry

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All that chewy goodness

So tart and sweet and yummy

Doesn’t do me any good

It just expands my tummy

Not to mention what it does

To my sugar count, oh my

Still I shovel it in my mouth

Don’t know the reason why

Perhaps it’s the fruity flavor

They must know my weaknesses

A marketing ploy, if ever I’ve seen

Crafted by real jellied geniuses

 

February Writing Prompts – Jellied geniuses – Day 20/28

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You Really Don’t Know ~ Thoughts on an Unseen Illness ~ #Etheree #PoetryChallenge

19 Tuesday Feb 2019

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

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This week, Colleen challenges us with the words Game and Trouble. Remember, synonyms only to write your poetry!!

Written as a Reverse Etheree, my synonyms are Weak and Struggle.


Why do people assume they understand?
It is hard for me to comprehend
To struggle, with an unkind life
Yet, it does not make me weak
Nor will I claim defeat
I look solely for
Empathy, warmth
In, sometimes
A cruel
World

 

Colleen’s Weekly Poetry Challenge – Game and Trouble

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