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Night Owl Poetry – Dorinda Duclos

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Night Owl Poetry – Dorinda Duclos

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Downfall – #poetry – #NaPoWriMo – #AprilWriting

11 Sunday Apr 2021

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in #NaPoWriMo, April Writing, Poetry

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#NaPoWriMo, #poetry, boy, creature, curiosity, dark, Day 11, defeat, demon, dorindaduclos.com, light, Night Owl Poetry, poems, writing


Small child, inquisitive in nature
Pushes mightily against the door
A glimmer of light from the other side
Instinctively, he must know more!

Unaware he is being watched
He’s determined to make his way in
The door pushes back, stubborn, stuck
Is there even a chance he will win?

Head down, he is almost there
Til a sound from the room disturbs
“Who dares gain entrance to my lair?”
From a creature, now, quite perturbed

“Little boys don’t belong here” he cried
“You best go outside, yes, to play.”
“Leave me alone, in my empty home,
I beg of you, please, GO AWAY!”

The little boy laughed at the face on the wall
Not heeding the creature, would be his downfall…

 

April Writing Prompt – Inky blackness and the faintest glow of light from around the door

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She Knows Not Defeat – #poetry – #MayWriting

13 Wednesday May 2020

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in May Writing, Poetry

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#MayWriting, #poetry, defeat, dorindaduclos.com, dreamer, fighter, Night Owl Poetry, owl, poems, writing, youth


Pensive, with a subtle gleam in her eye

Shadowed, only, by the moon in the sky

In darkness, she roams, no path in sight

Taking flight, into the obsidian night

On a journey, no boundaries to halt her

Gliding, seeking, you cannot fault her

Searching for dreams, she will discover

Over the lands, as mighty wings hover

Swooping down, talons fierce, do clasp

With quiet dominance, she holds her grasp

Capturing prey, she is driven, a hunger

For now, only wishing, she was much younger

When trips through the dark, she didn’t tire

A spring in her step, her soul, raging fire

At times, she is distant, feels incomplete

Still the spark in her eye, shows she knows not defeat

 

May Writing Prompt – Fight on fighter

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Spiraling – #poetry #depression

19 Tuesday Nov 2019

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Etheree, Poems, Poetry

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#poetry, #poetrycommunity, confusion, defeat, depression, dorindaduclos.com, leaves, life, Night Owl Poetry, poems, sadness, writing


Overwhelmed by simple tasks
What is this I have become?
Sadness, behind my smiling mask
Truth is… I am feeling numb

Emotional, at the slightest change
Tears flow, and for no reason
Even to myself, I feel quite strange
Perhaps, it is that time of season

Where leaves once painted the trees
Now they lay, lifeless and brown
I watched them whirl, in the breeze
On their way, swiftly, falling down

I can relate to the leaves, you see
I’ve spiraled with them, for so long
Much like a twister, roaming free
Yet, unknowing if I truly belong

 

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Joy Fills the World ~ #poetry # God #DecemberWriting

19 Wednesday Dec 2018

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in December Writing, Poems, Poetry

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#DecemberWriting, defeat, devil, dorindaduclos.com, Father, God, Jesus, love, Night Owl Poetry, rejoicing, son, writing, writing prompt


He spews hell’s flame, like venom
Fiery eyes, poisoned tears, erupting
An evilness, lurking, across his face
This is the time, he finds disrupting

Too many humans, spreading the word

Oh, how he thought, this is so absurd

A battle he knew, would never be won

He was outnumbered, by Father and Son

Waiting, his minions, there at his feet
Watching the time slip, slowly away
No one came calling, he felt the defeat
Perhaps, another time, another day

Rejoicing sounds, from high above

Joy fills the World, with God’s Holy Love

 

December Writing Prompt – Venom poured from his eyes, poisoned tears – Day 19/31

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Guilty ~ #darkpoetry

24 Thursday May 2018

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in dark poetry, Poems, Poetry

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#darkpoetry, #poetry, #TheDailyPost, abuse, child abuse, defeat, dorindaduclos.com, guilty, jury, Night Owl Poetry, poems, sexual abuse, writing


Locked away, a mind, alone
Why she’s here, must not be condoned

They took her, from her family, where
She lived, in sin, a life, unfair

Mother made her wash the beds
Father, made her lie, instead

Abused, now merely an empty shell
How could he put her through this hell?

A man, she trusted, left her bare
Tangled up, in strands of hair
He laughed, as she cried, in despair
Wishing to wake from this nightmare

One day, she ran, into the street
Finally admitting, this was her defeat

Calamitous screams, they ran to her side
Standing there naked, she’d no sense of pride

Sirens came calling, the jury was heard
Guilty, they said, was the only word

Grateful, she smiled, for saving her life
No longer abused, no longer in strife

 

The Daily Post – Guilty

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