The Quest ~ #OctoberWriting

17 Tuesday Oct 2017

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It was risky but there was this overwhelming desire to just do it. What if something went wrong? She was being silly. Nothing could go wrong. She made her way through the path, toward the ivy covered towers, and through to the castle doors. Pushing hard against them, she entered the chamber, cautiously looking about, hoping to find nothing or no one that would put a stop to her quest. As she turned again, there he stood. Her heart stopped, as a sinister sneer crept across his face. She encountered the one thing she never gave a second thought. Death.

Writing Prompt: Insurmountable – Day 17/31
The Daily Post: Risky

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Past Her Prime ~ #poetry

16 Monday Oct 2017

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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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The First Mate ~ #poetry

16 Monday Oct 2017

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The captain was nowhere to be found

It seemed his boat had run aground

Through starlit night and moonlight glow

He vanished in the undertow

Or had he disappeared from sight?

Did he, from his ship, alight?

Has he found his newest haven?

Or been swallowed by his first mate, Raven?

The bird will never tell, my friend

Of how the captain met his end

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#TBT ~ Darkness Prevails – #poetry #dark

05 Thursday Oct 2017

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Poems, Poetry, Throw Back Thursday #TBT

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Hidden where the spirits loom

Their shelters torn and tattered

Ethereal beings meet their doom

Lost souls about are scattered

Perched upon her marble tomb

Her body broken, battered

No pleasure left, all consumed

A life once whole, now shattered

In the dank and misty gloom

The shadow of a figure lies….

….Darkness prevails when an angel dies

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Magnetic ~ #poetry

28 Monday Aug 2017

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She draws you in, with hands like a vise

Promising days of sweet paradise

Crushing your will, the grip is tight

She’ll hold on, til the time is right

Her power over you, indeed, magnetic

Your earthly demise, no longer poetic

The Daily Post: Magnetic

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