Category Archives: Poetry

#FridayFantasy ~ Tempt the Hands of Fate – #poetry

27 Friday Dec 2019

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Awakening, from a nightmare
I realize, I’m not asleep
Try to pull the blankets up
Find them tangled, in a heap

Sweat pours down, like waterfalls
I try to wipe it, with the sheet
Suddenly, I’m freezing
But, can only feel the heat

Fire blazes before me
Flames devour what’s around
The din, it is quite deafening
But I cannot hear a sound

It dares me to snap out of it
Snap out of what? I have to ask
This dream has taken over
And it’s taken me to task

Of waking to reality, where
The walls don’t suffocate
Breaking free from what possesses me
I tempt the hands of fate

 

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Same Time, Next Year ~ #poetry of the #holidays

26 Thursday Dec 2019

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Two days of eating
Stuffed to the gills
The thought of the clean up
Is giving me chills!

Boxes unwrapped
Colored paper abounds
I’m looking for help
But there’s no one around!

Each year I swear
Next year will be diverse
But who am I kidding?
It’s just getting worse!

At some point, I give in
OK, I’ll host Christmas
Then reality hits me
I should mind my own business

Ah, but everything turns out
Exactly as I planned
As I smile at my family
Thinking, yes, life is grand

To allow us to gather
Around the table together
To reminisce, laugh
And remember forever

Making new memories
Each day that we share
At holiday time
When we are all there

Then I suddenly realize
The table’s now empty
They all seem to escape
When the dishes are plenty!

But, alas, I should know this
There’s no one to help clear
But when dessert is announced
They all, instantly, reappear!!

 

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Frosted Windows ~ #poetry of #winter – #haiku

25 Wednesday Dec 2019

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Through frosted windows

The light of a new day shines

The glory of God

 

Merry Christmas!  Have a wonder-filled day!  ❤

 

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Illuminating the Darkness – #poetry of the #moon & #sky – #ButterflyCinquain

23 Monday Dec 2019

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Lucent

O’er the fields

Her moonbeams softly splayed

She illuminates the darkness

Glowing

Luna, overseeing night skies

Safely guiding angels

From the shadows

Brilliant

 

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Image by cocoparisienne from Pixabay

Our Lord’s Birth ~ #poetry of #Christmas

22 Sunday Dec 2019

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Shiny red ball, upon the tree

Tell us how it feels to be

Ogled, from eyes that stare, intent

On finding out just what is meant

By colors, hanging, proper and prim

I’ve heard them call you Christmas trim

I can’t imagine tis all you are

I truly feel you are the star!

No, not atop the evergreen

That one’s always easily seen

You are the color of the season

And this why, the very reason…

As crimson fell, from limbs, a loss

The blood of our Savior, upon the cross

Let us now rejoice, for it’s our Lord’s birth

In Heaven above, and here, on Earth!

 

©2019 Dorinda Duclos All Rights Reserved
Image by Couleur from Pixabay