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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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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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Awakening Morning – #poetry #challenge – #NaPoWriMo

07 Wednesday Apr 2021

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in #NaPoWriMo, Colleen's Weekly Poetry Challenge, Poetry, Tanka

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#NaPoWriMo, #poetry, Colleen's Weekly Poetry Challenge, dark, day, Day 7, dorindaduclos.com, light, night, Night Owl Poetry, poems, poetry challenge, Tanka, writing


As she lifts the veil

Awakening morning’s light

Freedom is given

Her flocks fly hurriedly by

Before darkness reigns again

 

#TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 220, #POET’SCHOICE

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The Power You Have – #poetry – #MayWriting

04 Monday May 2020

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in May Writing, Poetry

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#MayWriting, #poetry, darkness, death, dorindaduclos.com, light, Night Owl Poetry, poems, shadows, tomb, writing


I close my eyes, a flash of light
Kinetic energy splits the night
Over and over, no end in sight
Why does the silence plague me?

No sounds, all thoughts are muted
For this I am no longer suited
Hoping for signs, yet refuted
Looking for someone to save me

Thrown to the shadows, so bleak
Is it the light, I constantly seek?
Body used, my mind, too weak
Letting go, the will you gave me

Turn toward the darkness, unspoken
My spirit is tired and broken
Captured in a tomb, I soak in
The power you have to enslave me

 

May Writing Prompt – The final orbit

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#FridayFantasy ~ Morning – #poetry – #ButterflyCinquain

29 Friday Nov 2019

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Butterfly Cinquain, Friday Fantasy, Poems, Poetry

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#poetry, Butterfly Cinquain, dark, dorindaduclos.com, fantasy, Friday Fantasy, light, morning, Night Owl Poetry, poems


She lifts

The midnight sky

With a touch of her hand

Allowing the light to shine through

Morning

As the darkest day ends, fleeing

Seeking newer places

To claim its own

She smiles

 

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Into the Light – #poetry

01 Thursday Aug 2019

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Poetry

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#poetry, death, dorindaduclos.com, eternal sleep, Heaven, light, Night Owl Poetry, poems, soul, writing


Antiseptic, the smell of death

Lingering, acrid fumes invade

Thoughts, no longer the calm

Of a life, no longer vibrant

Bells, alarms, invading silence

Nighttime falls, eternal sleep

The room, stifling with stale air

Yet, a subtle breeze blows

As curtains hang, world-weary

Watching a soul fly, into the light….

 

Author’s note:  This poem came to me while I was in the hospital twice over the weekend.  I hope I don’t return anytime soon…

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