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Night Owl Poetry – Dorinda Duclos

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Night Owl Poetry – Dorinda Duclos

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Bittersweet Memories ~ Saying Goodbye – #poetry

26 Friday Feb 2021

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in My Thoughts, Poetry

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#mythoughts, #poetry, Childhood Memories, dorindaduclos.com, final goodbye, Home, house, memories, mom, Night Owl Poetry, poems, selling, writing


How bittersweet the memories stay
Wasn’t I a child just yesterday?
Laughing in the yard, where I’d play
But the grass is no longer mine

Momma made this house her own
In turn this was the place I’d grown
Now these moments are mine alone
Kept tucked inside my heart, I pine

I try to focus, but I just stare
No pictures hang, the walls are bare
Each one removed with utmost care
Those empty hooks, left behind

I close the door, in my stomach, a pit
On those front steps, never again will I sit
I never thought I’d be so hard hit
Perhaps this was all by design, that

I find myself grown up, too fast
I want to go back, relive the past
But seems my future has been cast
So in my soul, this place, I enshrine

How I looked up to you with nothing but love
Now you watch over me from Heaven above.

I miss you so very much, Mom…

 

Authors Note – Today I close on my childhood home.  It will be the last time I walk the hallways & smile at the memories, so I shall cry at the finale.

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Wait Another Day – #poetry #mylife

08 Monday Feb 2021

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Poetry

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#mythoughts, #poetry, broken, dorindaduclos.com, empty page, grief, life, Night Owl Poetry, poems, writing


The pen is dry,
The ink, disappeared
The last line on the page
So imperfectly smeared

Clumsy fingers,
Gnarled and bent
No longer hold words
Forgotten lament

Countless hours wasted
All, for a couple of thoughts
Illegible, at best
Oh, but it was for naught

She poured her heart out
Every broken, shattered piece
The pain and anguish
Gave this child no release

Another place, perhaps
She may have found her way
But not in this realm of torture
She’d have to wait another day

 

©2021 Dorinda Duclos All Rights Reserved
Image by Anja🤗🙏 from Pixabay

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Taking a hiatus

12 Friday Jun 2020

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in My Thoughts

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#mythoughts, death, dorindaduclos.com, heartbroken, hiatus, mom, Night Owl Poetry

Hello friends,

On Wednesday, June 10, I lost my Mom.  I am in shock and just numb, so I will be taking an extended leave from WordPress.  I lost my best friend, my mentor, my heart is broken.

Hug your loved ones always, tell them you love them, tomorrow is never promised.

Until my return..

Dorinda

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It’s been awhile…

01 Monday Jun 2020

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in My Thoughts

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#mythoughts, #poetry, dorindaduclos.com, Night Owl Poetry, writing

…since I’ve actually sat down in front of my computer, put my hands on the keyboard and written anything.  Yes, there have been the occasional poems, but those are spur of the moment decisions, or long pondered ones which needed a voice.  I am determined to get back on track, as soon as the rest of my life cooperates.

Looking forward to coming back full force, and back in my happy place.

Hope you are all well amid this Covid19 lock-down, and now civil unrest in the states.  We need peace…we need love…we need each other…

Dorinda

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On Lock-down

17 Tuesday Mar 2020

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in My Thoughts

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#mythoughts, coronavirus, covid-19, dorindaduclos.com, health, Home, lock-down, Night Owl Poetry, quarantine, safety, virus

Hi Everyone!

I hope you’re all safe within the confines of your homes, and haven’t caused bodily harm to any family member also trapped inside with you.

In all seriousness…I do hope you are well.  We’re all good here.  The town shuts down at 8PM.  Food establishments can remain open but for take out only.  I can’t visit my mom because the nursing home is on lock-down.  No one in or out!! Hubby still has to work because he cannot work from home, and Lys has had all her pet sitting jobs cancelled. But better safe than sorry.  Who knows what could happen.  Hopefully, social distancing will help contain the beast that is COVID-19.

Please heed the guidelines put forth by your local & state government.  It’s for your, and everyone else’s,  protection.

Love you all,

Dorinda

 

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