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Night Owl Poetry – Dorinda Duclos

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Night Owl Poetry – Dorinda Duclos

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Past Her Prime ~ #poetry

16 Monday Oct 2017

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Poems, Poetry

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They were right on the tip of her tongue

Things she needed to say to him

Perhaps she left them, where they were young

Back in the days when life was a whim

She’s different now, not so perfect

She wonders how it might have been

If he had looked beyond the face

To find the beauty that lied within

The years have passed, and she’s grown old

He’s been gone now, quite some time

How sad the bitter memories remain

Of a girl, now past her prime

 

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Growing Older ~ #DailyHaikuChallenge #poetry

15 Sunday Oct 2017

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Haiku, Poems, Poetry, Poetry Challenge

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Once vibrant and spry

We grow older and wither

Like the autumn leaves

 

Daily Haiku Challenge ~ Day 349/365

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Alone by the Window ~ #SeptemberWriting #poetry of #loneliness

29 Friday Sep 2017

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Fiction, Poems, Poetry, September Writing

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#creativewriting, #poetry, #SeptemberWriting, aging, between the lines, blinds, broken heart, daily routine, dorindaduclos.com, loneliness, Night Owl Poetry, old age, writing


It was her daily routine, dawn til dusk

She sat by the window, searching

Hidden behind the slatted blinds

She looked, hoping he would be lurking

Day after day, she sat there

No one came calling for her

Night after night, same as the day

Eventually, it became just a blur

You can see where the blinds remain parted

There, her fingers kept them pushed apart

Though she no longer sits by the window

She remains hidden, alone, with an empty heart

 

Writing Prompt: Between the Lines – Day 29/30

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Against the Tide ~ #freeverse #poetry

28 Thursday Sep 2017

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in free verse, Poems, Poetry

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It’s rather abysmal, time sifting through

Like sands, fighting against the tide

We tread in shallow waters, afraid of the riptides

Still, we are pulled out, farther into the waves

Til we disappear, growing ever fainter

Like the setting sun, fading into the horizon

 

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As Time Slips By ~ #poetry

01 Saturday Jul 2017

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Poems, Poetry

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#poetry, adults, aging, Children, dorindaduclos.com, generations, growing, life, Night Owl Poetry, poems, time, writing


Half the year is quickly gone

We wonder how, the time moves on

We blink, and miss our children grow

Then sigh, as if we didn’t know

That we could waste the time of day

And watch them slowly drift away

Or maybe it was, to our relief

Seeing them strong, beyond belief

We raised them, to be fine young beings

Yet, still the our lives are ever fleeing

And we grew older, this we cannot deny

We must admit that we, let time slip by

 

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