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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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Sedative ~ #poetry of a lost soul

03 Friday Jul 2020

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Poetry

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#poetry, death, dorindaduclos.com, fog, life, mourning, Night Owl Poetry, numb, poems, sadness, sedative, writing


A tiny pill

To ease the pain

Release the conscious

And float, again

*

A broken heart

This gaping hole

An empty place

Her troubled soul

*

Anguish dominates

Anxiety reigns

Hour after hour

Memories stain

*

A heart so shattered

Unsure, abandoned

Make them go away

Those with their hand in

*

Ripping apart

Nothing left, no beat

Lost in the fog

Of another defeat

 

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Pouting Petals – #poetry – #AprilWriting – #NaPoWriMo

30 Thursday Apr 2020

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in #NaPoWriMo, April Writing, Poetry

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#NaPoWriMo, #NationalPoetryMonth, #poetry, Day 30, dorindaduclos.com, flowers, grief, mourning, Night Owl Poetry, petals, poems, rain, writing


When raindrops fall,
On petals soft,
The flowers pout,
As they do, oft

From the weight
Of fallen tears
Until the sorrow
Disappears

Then nourishes,
All who grieve,
A silent means
To give reprieve

Tis then the sun,
Again, does shine,
To dry the tears,
Of those, who pine

 

Hard to believe #NaPoWriMo is over, although truth be told, it felt like an eternity.  Congrats to all who participated this year.  Here’s to 2021!! ❤

April Writing Prompt – Pouting Petals

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A Turn of Events – #poetry – #NaPoWriMo

27 Monday Apr 2020

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in #NaPoWriMo, Poetry

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#NaPoWriMo, #NationalPoetryMonth, #poetry, covid-19, Day 27, death, dorindaduclos.com, mourning, Night Owl Poetry, poems, tears, writing


Loved ones locked
In eternal sleep
While mourning doves coo,
And willows weep

Rains fall heavily
From a burdened sky
Clouds gather closely,
As together they cry

O’er the land,
Lain wasted, below
A turn of events,
Defeated by foe

Invisible, it conquered,
Prayed on the meek
Laughed in the face
Of the old and the weak

Ravished their bodies,
Then tossed them aside
Not a care in the world,
For the ones who had died

Piled in the cold,
In a box made of steel
No one to mourn them,
Nor help them to heal

Buried underneath
A sky, ever gray
It’s as if it knew,
It would all end this way…

 

 

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As if the Clouds were never – #freeverse #poetry

23 Thursday May 2019

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in free verse, Poetry

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#freeverse, #poetry, clouds, dorindaduclos.com, mourning, Night Owl Poetry, poems, rain, sorrow, souls, storm, writing


There’s a stillness, a calm, surrounding night

In the air, you can smell, the scent of raindrops

Not yet formed, lingering quietly nearby

Little by little, the skies open, into silent tears

Shedding the pain, of a million crying spirits

Mourning, for the ones, who cannot mourn

Embracing the sorrow, as if it was their own

Gently washing away, the sins of the Earth

Silently cleansing each eternal soul

Then vanishing….as if the clouds were never

 

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Tears of Night ~ #poetry #freeverse #Afterwards

08 Tuesday Jan 2019

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Afterwards Word Prompts, free verse, Poetry

≈ 5 Comments

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#poetry, Afterwards, angel tears, burdens, cleansing, clouds, darkness, death, dorindaduclos.com, January word prompts, mourning, Night Owl Poetry, poems, rain, soul, word prompt, writing


Perhaps the night
Brings darkness
To cover up
The tears
Ones shed
By the clouds
Though
Never obvious
I ponder about
Where exactly
They’ve come from
Who is shedding them
And why
Are there angels
Mourning the loss
Of a loved one
Bearing the sorrow
Unburdening us
Our hearts
A cleansing
For the soul
Now in eternal rest
Or
Is it something
Beyond the simplicity

 

Afterwards January Prompts – Tears of night – Day 8/31

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