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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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How Neighborly – #100wordstory – #JuneWriting

21 Friday Jun 2019

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in 100 word story, June Writing

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The hum of the distant mower gave her a thought. Rose, fed up with her neighbor, had to put an end to it Every Saturday night, Kelvin mowed his lawn. In the dark! She couldn’t enjoy her patio, nor fire pit, with that constant drone in the background.

That’s when she had a brilliant idea. As quietly as possible, rolling her own mower next door, she waited. Soon, he started, as did Rose, crossing paths. Kelvin demanded to know what she was doing.

“When in Rome, neighbor” she smirked.

All’s quiet now, except for the sound of a crackling fire.

 

Author’s note:  This is based loosely on true facts.  The names have been changed to protect the guilty.  😉

June Writing Prompt – The hum of the distant mower gave her a thought – Day 21/30

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Caravan ~ #poetry #WOTD #FOWC

30 Tuesday Apr 2019

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in FOWC with Fandango, Poetry, Word of the Day #WOTD

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I tried to plan a trip, for just my family and me

Until the neighbors got wind, of all our plans

Now, everyone wants to go, what a calamity!

Not everything fit in the wagon, so we made a caravan

 

Word of the Day – Trip
FOWC with Fandango – Wagon

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Sally the Stripper – #Limerick – #poetry – #MarchWriting

17 Sunday Mar 2019

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in limerick, March Writing, Poems, Poetry

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There once was a man named O’Malley

Who married this lady named Sally

Neighbors thought her a drip

Shocked them all when she stripped

Police called, watched her grand finale

 

March Writing Prompts – Douglas O’Malley – Day 17/31

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Purple Plasma – #OctoberWriting #OctPoWriMo #poetry

02 Tuesday Oct 2018

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in October Writing, OctPoWriMo, Poetry

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There were crazy purple critters

Crawling across my nice green grass

Slinking, slithering, on their way

How could they be so crass?

To change the color of my yard

Into some kind of psychedelic mess

I wondered if it was the gal next door

The one who wore purple, I’d guess

She always seemed rather odd to me

I could never quite figure it out

Very strange things did happen there

Of this, I’ve not a single doubt

Venturing out, onto the grass

I couldn’t stay long, because of my asthma

By the fence, I could see her searching around

“Have you seen my dear purple plasma?”

I knew, there was definitely something wrong

I ran back inside, as fast as I could

No way in hell, I was touching those things

Time to find me a new neighborhood

 

October Writing Prompt – Purple Plasma – Day 2/31
OctPoWriMo2018

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Baby Boom ~ #JuneWriting #poetry

09 Saturday Jun 2018

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in June Writing, Poems, Poetry

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#poetry, ado, baby, ballyhoo, boy, dorindaduclos.com, fuss, girl, labor, neighbors, Night Owl Poetry, party, poems, writing, writing prompt


It was quite the extravagant fuss
In fact, it was superfluous
To invite all the neighbors
To witness the labor
Then stand around and discuss

But Gina wanted it this way
All the ladies, at once, had their say
Name her Lucy, Meg or Tilly
But, oh no, never Willy
We just can’t wait for this day!

The men couldn’t stand anymore
Led their ladies right out the front door
Making one big to-do
Leaving Gina so blue
And angry at Jim, to the core

Poor Jim, he could feel the doom
As the due date did solemnly loom
Can you imagine the noise?
When they found out it was boys!
Not one, but two, baby boom!

 

 

June Writing Prompt – Beyond the ballyhoo – Day 9/30

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