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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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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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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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Misgivings ~ #poetry

18 Thursday May 2017

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Poems, Poetry

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Life seems quite empty now
The pages glued together
Unable to turn to chapter two
I’m lost in the land of never

Not like Peter, no, not he
This place was something more
A hollowed piece of a broken heart
Swept away, like the ocean shore

You took the shattered parts
And flung them to the side
Tossed away my feelings
Cared nothing for my pride

I tried so hard to forget you
No matter how deep the pain
Finding myself beside the window
I cry alone, again, with the rain

Your flowers, laid so carefully
On the rocks so far below
Your way of saying goodbye to me
Funny, I was the last to know

I’ve lost the will to carry on
But they say, I must go on living
And finally come to grips, the facts
This simply was my misgiving

 

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Without a Trace ~ #poetry

08 Monday May 2017

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Poems, Poetry

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#poetry, bitter, broken heart, disenchanted, dorindaduclos.com, imperfect, Night Owl Poetry, Pieces, poems, The Daily Post, Without a Trace, word prompt, writing

Disenchanted, my heart disbands

As pieces fall into your hands

Memories cast aside as none

Broken more, become undone

Once so perfect, in every way

Now so bitter, we cannot stay

We’ve fallen into this empty space

Love’s gone forever, without a trace

 

Source:  The Daily Post – Bitter

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Battered Heart ~ #poetry #freeverse

08 Monday May 2017

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#freeverse, #poetry, battered, battles, broken heart, crying, dorindaduclos.com, life, Night Owl Poetry, pain, poems, sadness, silent battles, tears, writing


She wept, into the silence of her pillow

No arms to comfort, no one to ease the pain

She was alone, left there to battle

Demons who constantly won, the evils

Who never gave her a chance, and still

She tries, tries harder than before, only

Left with nothing but the pool, collected

From her eyes, reddened, swollen, bruised

Unattractively noticeable, she remains

Locked in her room, the only safe haven

Away from the wars, the constant agony,

Her four walls, a sanctuary for her battered heart

 

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Never Again ~ #poetry

27 Sunday Nov 2016

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Poems, Poetry

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#poetry, autumn, bench, broken heart, dorindaduclos.com, leaves, life, lost love, needles, Night Owl Poetry, no tears, pine trees, poems

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I waited in autumn

Near our bench, for you

The leaves fell, floating

Reaching, never touching

The ground, filled with

Pine trees, shedding

Their coats of needles

And I, I could shed no tears

Watching, listening, not hearing

Is when I knew, you had gone

And this bench, shall remain empty

Forever and always, like

The emptiness, deep within my heart

 

 

 

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