05 Thursday Dec 2019
Posted in Colleen's Weekly Poetry Challenge, Poetry, Poetry Challenge, Shadorma
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#poetry, Delicate, dorindaduclos.com, melt, Night Owl Poetry, poems, poetry challenge, raindrop, Shadorma, snowflake
Crystallized
A raindrop, frozen
Within time
Warms the soul
Though its delicate beauty
Swiftly melts away
December Writing Prompt – The life of a snowflake
Colleen’s 2019 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 156, #Poet’sChoice
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16 Sunday Dec 2018
Posted in December Writing, Poems, short story
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#DecemberWriting, #shortstory, brass, door, dorindaduclos.com, melt, mystery, Night Owl Poetry, suspense, wooden door, writing, writing prompt
There was something about that house. Every day she walked by it, something was different. This time it was the front door, though she wasn’t quite sure what it was that caught her attention. She always admired the brass door frame, but the brown wooden door looked out of place there. Even the railings of the porch steps had touches of brass. Why not go for the extra, and make the door brass also?
Feeling a bit adventuresome, she decided to walk up the steps to get a closer look at the door. She hesitated at first, but didn’t think anything of it. As she got closer, she felt a strange warmth. Touching the door, she realized it wasn’t wood at all, but a rather strange looking metal. And the heat she felt was emanating directly from it. Suddenly, in front of her, the door began to melt against the brass frame, until it disappeared, and she with it…
December Writing Prompt – And suddenly the door began to melt against the brass frame – Day 16/31
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15 Wednesday Mar 2017
Posted in Haiku, Poems, Poetry, Poetry Challenge
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#DailyHaikuChallenge, #Haiku365, #poetry, dorindaduclos.com, embrace, haiku, hoarfrost, life, melt, morning, nature, Night Owl Poetry, poems, poetry challenge, sun, sunlight
Shimmering hoarfrost
Embracing life, melts away
In the warm sunlight
Should you like to participate in the challenge, simply link back to Morgan’s first post found HERE
Day 135/365
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03 Friday Feb 2017
Posted in Haiku, Poems, Poetry, Poetry Challenge
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#DailyHaikuChallenge, #Haiku365, #poetry, dorindaduclos.com, flowers, frozen, haiku, icicle, melt, moments, Night Owl Poetry, poems, poetry challenge, tears, Winter
A moment frozen
Covered in icicle tears,
Will soon melt away
Should you like to participate in the challenge, simply link back to Morgan’s first post found HERE
Day 95/365
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20 Tuesday Dec 2016
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#poetry, #RomanticTuesday, cold, dorindaduclos.com, haiku, love, lovers, melt, Night Owl Poetry, poems, warmth
No matter how cold
Your love will always warm, as
I melt in your arms
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