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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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The Blame – #poetry of an #owl

07 Saturday Nov 2020

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Poetry

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#poetry, careless, danger, dorindaduclos.com, fire, forest, forest fire, human, man, nature, Night Owl Poetry, owl, poems, writing


The night falls
More quickly these days
In silence,
Draped in a choking haze

Outside, an owl
Screeches my name,
What is he saying?
What does he claim?

That I took the stars
And blackened the sky,
Says the moon doesn’t shine
And he wants to know why

Hear his cry,
Ear splitting, so unnerved
Surely this raptor
Is somewhat perturbed

Still I cannot see,
What he sees, in the dark
An ebony field,
Laid barren and stark

From the one thing
That has forsaken his land
The strike of a match,
By a human hand

He has lost his home,
His place to hide
His family, no longer
By his side

Taken down in a hail
Of smoke and flame
The owl, he weeps,
And I am to blame…

 

Author’s Note: Seven new large fires were reported 11/5/2020, three in Idaho, two in Kansas, and one each in Minnesota and Montana. Nationally, 36 large fires have burned 2.8 million acres. (source: National Interagency Fire Center).  Before you flick that lit cigarette, or leave a campfire unattended and burning, think about how many lives you could be destroying, both wild and human.

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Frozen in Time ~ #Haibun/Haiku #poetry

05 Saturday Jan 2019

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Speculative Fiction Writing Prompt

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#haibun, #poetry, cold, danger, dorindaduclos.com, frozen, haiku, man, mountain, Myth of the Mirror, night, Night Owl Poetry, poems, speculative fiction, writing, writing prompt

Diana, of Myths of the Mirror has a new feature on her blog called, “New Year, New Feature: a Speculative Fiction Writing Prompt.”  Please visit the link to find out more about the challenge, then get to it!


I have set myself down on my mountain to bask in the cold, pure white snow. The full moon is my companion, and I glisten in its light. The daytime sun has been harsh, and I am battered by its heat, thankful for the winter air, to regenerate my soul.  Still, I remain, a part of this vastness, alone, that is, until this particular day. I don’t often get visitors, but today is an exception. A trail of fine men have come to scale my sides and perhaps, even a bit of spelunking. I suppose I could show them I am here, but that would serve no purpose. Instead, I will wait until the moment is right.

 

Frozen in time, I
Sit upon the mountain top
Patiently waiting

Naïve men journey
Unaware of the danger
Oblivious eyes

As night grows colder
My cave offers them shelter
But not a way out

 

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Danger ~ #poetry #FOWC

07 Wednesday Nov 2018

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in FOWC with Fandango, Poetry

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#FOWC, #poetry, animals, beast, beauty, creatures, danger, destroy, dorindaduclos.com, Fandango's One Word Challenge, humans, Night Owl Poetry, writing


Nature’s most beautiful creatures

Are never truly a threat to man

The danger is in the mortal beast

Who destroys whatever he can

 

FOWC with Fandango — Danger

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Friday Fantasy ~ Violet Stones – #dark #poetry #SeptemberWriting

14 Friday Sep 2018

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Friday Fantasy, Poems, Poetry, September Writing

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#darkpoetry, #poetry, #SeptemberWriting, danger, dark, darkness, death, dorindaduclos.com, fantasy, Friday Fantasy, hell, ice, Night Owl Poetry, poems, slumber, stone, violet, writing, writing prompt


In a cavern, far below the earth
Darkness could easily be found
Violet stones show their worth
Underneath the frozen ground

Shards, the likes of icy gems
Glisten, when they catch the light
But beauty hides the worst of them
They disappear, nowhere in sight

You cannot see the danger, when
You walk across the tundra
The cavern opens up its jaws, then
It carries you, down under

There’s no escape, from the well below
You’ve reached your eternal slumber
And they’ll go back to their violet glow
But your mind, will be torn asunder

 

September Writing Prompt – Violet stone – Day 14/30

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Lost in Space ~ #AprilWriting #poetry

30 Monday Apr 2018

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in April Writing, Poems, Poetry

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#AprilWriting, #poetry, #writingprompt, danger, dorindaduclos.com, lost in space, Night Owl Poetry, poems, Will Robinson, writing


I thought April’s prompts were done

Then along comes Will Robinson

Can this get any stranger?

Oh wait, Danger! Danger!

Michelle sure has a weird sense of fun!

But I have to admit, I don’t mind

It’s kind of my way to unwind

I go to some faraway place

Where I can get “lost in space”

And be away from the day to day grind!

 

April Writing Prompt:  Danger, Danger, Will Robinson! – Day 31/30 (Don’t ask lol)

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