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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 Storm Raged – #poetry #SeptemberWriting

28 Saturday Sep 2019

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Poems, Poetry

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#poetry, #SeptemberWriting, anger, dorindaduclos.com, free verse, lightning, Night Owl Poetry, poems, rage, storms, thunder, writing prompt

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The storm raged
thunderous explosions
like the Fourth of July
without its colors
rattled windows
dislocated, limbs fell
against the glass
or did they knock
asking me, to let them in
shelter from the battle
I don’t know, shades drawn
lights out, I could not see
seated in the darkness
only my shadow reflected
on the wall, as lightning
danced across the skies
illuminated, then black again
ice pellets, echoed,
the noise, like machine guns,
ravaging the night, a hunter
claimed his prey
then unexpected silence
the only sound heard
was the peaceful rain,
gently falling.

a truce…………

 

September Writing Prompt – Electric Sky

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Particles ~ #poetry #freeverse

02 Monday Jan 2017

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Poems, Poetry

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#poetry, air, dorindaduclos.com, dust, dust balls, forgotten, free verse, life, memories, Night Owl Poetry, pain, Particles, poems, release, remminders

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Nothing has changed

Lingering in the corners

Like balls of dust

Memories

Clinging, unwilling to let go

For fear they’ll get sucked

Into a vacuous world

And so, they remain

As shadows, lurking about

The reminders, hanging,

Strangling at times, until

You finally release them

And let them fly, pieces

Dispersed into air, parts of

You, filtered, floating,

Particles

Easily passed through

Painfully left behind,

Long since forgotten

 

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Find Me Lost ~ #poetry from the past

10 Saturday Dec 2016

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Poems, Poetry

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#poetry, autumn, dorindaduclos.com, flowers, free verse, journey, leaves, life, lost, Night Owl Poetry, ocean, past poetry, poems, snow, spirit, spring, summer, Winter

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Do not look for me
Hidden in a fort
Beneath icy snow
Still falling carelessly above

Between the daffodils and daisies
Amidst the cool grasses
Of a wakening meadow

Along the dunes on the beach
Betwixt the waves
Crashing on the shore

Encompassed by leaves
Strewn across the ground
In no particular way

In the obvious places
You presume to find
A wandering spirit
I will not be there

Instead look within and find
A life otherwise uncommon
With its own rhythm
A heart’s journey

It is there you may find
Who you are seeking
It is there you will
Find me lost

 

 

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#TBT – Locked in Time – #poetry #memories

10 Thursday Nov 2016

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

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#poetry, #TBT, dorindaduclos.com, free verse, Locked In time, memoir, Night Owl Poetry, photo, photograph, Photography, poems, Throwback Thursday

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A Quick Glimmer of Light

Captures the Spirit

The Quintessence of a Soul

Illuminating the Now

Enchanting the Past

A Memoir

Locked in Time

 

 

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Final Moments ~ #poetry of #autumn

05 Saturday Nov 2016

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Poetry

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#poetry, autumn, death, dorindaduclos.com, earth, free verse, leaves, nature, Night Owl Poetry, poems, seasons, souls, strong, weak, wind

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They cry out in anguish,

Voices never heard aloud

Yet, the weak become stronger

Braving the mighty gusts

Of unrelenting winds

Until they are strong no more

Letting go, their one last grasp slips away

And they float, down to the ground

Lingering, in those final moments

Before their souls blend with the earth

 

 

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