16 Saturday Mar 2019
Posted in Daily Word Prompt, Poetry, Word of the Day #WOTD
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How quickly we can forget, those in desperate need
We hoard away material things we really don’t want
While thinking we’re living an illustrious life, indeed
We should never forget those, with faces, so gaunt
Word of the Day – Illustrious
Daily Word Prompt – Hoard
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18 Monday Feb 2019
Posted in February Writing, Poems, Poetry
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I am unseen, in this vast world I dwell
No one really notices I am here, as well
Walking around, with their heads in the air
Passersby never seeing, nor do they care
Making their way, to wherever they must
Leaving me here, with no hope, nor trust
That the human race will eventually awaken
Realizing, the path, so many have taken
Filled with self-doubts, a heart of defeat
No shelter from the cold, life on the street
No matter the weather, no matter the time
We remain unseen, a punishment, for no crime
February Writing Prompts – The order of things unseen – Day 18/28
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24 Thursday Jan 2019
Posted in Poetry, Ragtag Daily Prompt, Word of the Day #WOTD
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#poetry, #RagtagDailyPrompt, #RDP, #WOTD, cast aside, dorindaduclos.com, haunting, homeless, Night Owl Poetry, poems, vagrant, Veteran, word of the day, writing
Homeless, and haunting, his story, quite old
Living a vagrant’s life, in this world, so cold
Once proud to serve, with honor and respect
He finds himself, returned, empty and wrecked
Word of the Day – Haunting
Ragtag Daily Prompt – Vagrant
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07 Friday Dec 2018
Posted in December Writing, Poems, Poetry
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#DecemberWriting, #poetry, dorindaduclos.com, forgotten, frayed, homeless, humanity, Night Owl Poetry, poems, shoeless, worn, writing, writing prompt
Would you have a moment
To help me with my wares
Won’t you stop, lend a hand
And show me that you care
I cannot seem to get a job
For my dress is frayed and worn
I think I understand just why
You look at me with scorn
You think that I am lazy
You couldn’t be more wrong
I may look like a ragged mess
But my will, is ever strong
It is not my choice to live here
Like this, each and every day
Do you really understand
Why I am this way
I have been forgotten
So I live here on the street
Please won’t you help me
Find some shoes, for my bare feet
Author’s Note: As the winter months approach, please, if you have an extra pair of gloves, or a scarf, and you see someone in need, consider an act of kindness, knowing it may never be repaid.
December Writing Prompt – Two halves of dress, frayed and worn – Day 7/31
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29 Thursday Nov 2018
Posted in FOWC with Fandango, Poetry, Ragtag Daily Prompt
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#Fandango, #FOWC, #poetry, #RagtagDailyPrompt, #RDP, contrast, dorindaduclos.com, homeless, humanity, indifference, negligent, Night Owl Poetry, pestilent, poems, Unaware, writing
Those who claim to be unaware, are simply negligent
While they go about their day, living with indifference
They turn a blind eye to the falling, becoming pestilent
We need to be the contrast to them, their deliverance
FOWC with Fandango – Contrast
Ragtag Daily Prompt – Unaware
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