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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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Friday Fantasy ~ She’ll Never Know – #NaPoWriMo #poetry

05 Friday Apr 2019

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in #NaPoWriMo, Friday Fantasy, Poetry

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#NaPoWriMo, #poetry, April 2019, dorindaduclos.com, fantasy, footsteps, Friday Fantasy, ghosts, lights, National Poetry Month, Night Owl Poetry, playful, poems, spirit, writing


Each night, as she approached the stairs

He would appear, but was not really there

Unsure, if it was simply her imagination

Wondering, if it was merely her own creation

Never could she find him, he was hidden well

Still, he held her, completely, under his spell

Spindles on the staircase, illuminated glow

Shadows in the hallway, dancing to and fro

Footsteps creaking, across the floor of tiles

They seemed to keep walking on, for miles

No matter where she turned, she was alone

The only sound around, a low, guttural groan

Twas the shimmer of a light, quite an eerie thing

Laughter at the doorway, made the doorbell ring

Why is it, he would toy with her, and scare her so?

Why was she chosen, perhaps, she’ll never know

 

 

 

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Sounds in the Night ~ #poeticprose #spirits

26 Saturday Jan 2019

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Poetic Prose, Poetry

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#poeticprose, #poetry, bedroom, door, dorindaduclos.com, dream, footsteps, imagination, Night Owl Poetry, nightmare, party, poems, Poetic Prose, spirits, voices, writing


Water drips in the shower stall, there’s no one in that room, at all; revelry, a party, who’s it for? I can’t take this anymore. What are these sounds, voices that cry, and wake the slumber from my eyes; why do they always come for me, why can’t they leave and let me be! Or in the least, invite me too, but who, indeed, I have no clue.

I’ve heard them so many times before, so I sneak across the hallway floor; but, of course, there’s no one here, another nightmare, this I fear. I try to go back to my room, but stop, to smell the sweet perfume. Who is it, they, who wreck my sleep, and cause these visions, much too deep; I think it’s how they toy with me, I ponder a moment, then disagree.

Deciding, at last, I should ignore; I go back to my bed, but leave open, the door.

 

Author’s Note:  based on a true incident, a somewhat nightly occurrence.

©2019 Dorinda Duclos All Rights Reserved
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Final Warning ~ #poetry #dark

22 Saturday Dec 2018

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Poems, Poetry

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#darkpoetry, #poetry, creaking, demon, dorindaduclos.com, dream, fear, footsteps, Night Owl Poetry, nightmare, poems, spirits, writing

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She froze, like frost on blades of grass, in morning

No need to venture farther, she’d heed this final warning

Footsteps, in the distance, she was not there alone

Was that a floorboard creaking, or a wandering spirit’s moan?

Stretching out, listening, hoping she could hear

Shrinking back against the wall, all she felt was fear

Thumping getting louder, twas the pounding of her heart

Knowing she’d no time to waste, this demon she’d outsmart

Bathed in sweat, shivering, her clothes now soaked, it seemed

Waking up, inside her head, afraid of her own dream

 

©2016-2018 Dorinda Duclos All Rights Reserved
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#writephoto – The Passage – #poetry

06 Monday Aug 2018

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Poetry, WritePhoto

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#poetry, dorindaduclos.com, dream, footsteps, forest, light, night, Night Owl Poetry, passage, path, poems, Sue Vincent, WritePhoto, writing


They left you a trail, quite an incredible sight

Invisible creatures that blended with light

Creating a passage, through the forest, so dense

With leaves, from the trees, but still you could sense

The aura of beings, who had passed this way

Quickly, before nighttime had turned into day

Making sure that their presence would surely be seen

On the deep trodden path, and everywhere, in between

So when darkness appeared, on the floor of the land

Their footsteps would guide you, like holding your hand

Through the pitch of the night, into sunlight’s first gleam

Tis then you’ll awake, believing all was a dream

 

Join Sue, every Thursday, as she delights us with a new photo (or two)!  Thanks again, for another beautiful photo prompt!

©2018 Dorinda Duclos All Rights Reserved
Photo ©Sue Vincent 

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Forever Dear ~ #poetry

05 Thursday Jul 2018

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Poems, Poetry

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#poetry, afterlife, angels, cardinal, dear, doors, dorindaduclos.com, footsteps, guardian angel, life, Night Owl Poetry, poems, spirit, writing


She lets me know when she is near

Her footsteps in the hallway, clear

Doors that open when no one’s home

She always knows when I’m alone

And yes, at times, she’ll find a tree

As a cardinal, there to comfort me

Her song so sweet, to my own ear

My guardian angel, forever dear

 

Poem & photo ©2018 Dorinda Duclos All Rights Reserved

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