Under An Old Bridge – #poetry #NaPoWriMo

28 Wednesday Apr 2021

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in #NaPoWriMo, Poetry

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#NaPoWriMo, #poetry, abyss, bridge, Day 28, death, dorindaduclos.com, frightened, Night Owl Poetry, poems, ramshackle, writing

Shout out to Annette Rochelle Aben for planting the seed. Here is the sequel to An Old Bridge.

Darkness now surrounds you
You can feel your body falling

There’s nothing to hang on to
Arms and legs, about, are sprawling

Your eyes cannot adjust, no light
You’re blinded, tumbling fast

Praying this is just a dream
And you’ll wake up, at last

You yell for help, hoping
Someone can hear your call

But all you hear are echoes
Of your voice, against the wall

It seems your fear was justified
Never should have taken the leap

The weight of all your troubles
Sent you to your eternal sleep

For when you fall into the abyss
You’ll, forever, slumber deep…

An Old Bridge – #poetry #NaPoWriMo

27 Tuesday Apr 2021

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in #NaPoWriMo, Poetry

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A ramshackle old bridge
Stands here, in disrepair
Do you dare to cross it?
Will you make it over there?

To the other side
That you can barely see
Into the forest clearing, where
Sunbeams kiss the trees

To your soul it’s calling
Do you take the first step?
Fear builds deep inside you
Trepidation intercepts

You move in closer, slowly
Then back away, afraid to cross
Pick up a nearby stone
Into the river, you do toss

But no sound comes from it
Just a thud, onto dry land
Tis then you suddenly realize
You’ve had the upper hand

Stepping upon the boards, you sigh
“How could I be frightened of THIS?”
Then one breaks beneath you
And you fall… into the abyss…

Into the Abyss – #haibun – #senryu – #poetry challenge

10 Friday Jan 2020

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

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Colleen’s poetry challenge for this week is Poet’s Choice. I chose to write a Haibun/Senryu.

Through the darkness of morning, a shrill sound breaks the silence. I am startled, groggy, finally realizing it’s the telephone ringing. I answer to hear apologies for waking me, as she rambles on about another place. She doesn’t care for where she is. She only knows she has to move.

I cannot go through this again. The last time nearly buried me. Still, I feel myself sinking further down, into that abyss, with no hope of seeing the light again.

Self-preservation
My anomaly exposed
Battles for the win

Colleen’s 2020 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 159, #Poet’sChoice

The Dream of All Dreams – #NovemberWriting #poetry

07 Wednesday Nov 2018

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in November Writing, Poetry

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#NovemberWriting, #poetry, abyss, darkness, dorindaduclos.com, dream, dreams, illusion, night, Night Owl Poetry, prank, sky, writing

In the midnight sky,
On a bridge that goes nowhere
A light cast its singular glow
And I followed its radiant glare
There, at the end of the platform
A tunnel did appear
In a heart shaped pattern
Against the darkness, ever clear
No matter how hard I tried
I couldn’t see beyond
I called out, into the blue abyss
But no one did respond
As I got closer to the end
Of the narrow wooden planks
I realized what was calling me
Was simply just a prank
Into the ebony sky, I fell
Nobody heard my screams
I am forever lost, inside
This horrid dream of dreams

November Writing Prompt – The dream of all dreams – Day 7/30

Nature’s Reflection ~ #poetry #AugustWriting

10 Friday Aug 2018

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in August Writing, Poems, Poetry

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#AugustWriting, #poetry, abyss, dorindaduclos.com, Night Owl Poetry, pain, poems, reflection, vulnerable, water, writing, writing prompt

She is a natural beauty, with skin so fair

Her face reflects, in the water, where

The forest trees join her, in sweet repose

Though keeping an eye on her, lest she expose

The vulnerability, for just a moment or two

A vision of one, whose pain pulls her through

Never allowing the others, to find her like this

She keeps herself hidden, so near the abyss

Of water, before her, will she make the connection?

Is it really her, she sees, or merely nature’s reflection?

August Writing Prompt – Nature’s reflection – Day 10/31

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Under An Old Bridge – #poetry #NaPoWriMo

An Old Bridge – #poetry #NaPoWriMo

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