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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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Unsuspecting – #poetry of the #witch

09 Saturday Oct 2021

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Halloween, Poetry

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Perched up high, upon a branch
In the forest, dark and scary
The owl waits for his next prey
Though his mistress, quite contrary

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On owls – #haiku #poetry – #NaPoWriMo

20 Tuesday Apr 2021

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in #NaPoWriMo, Haiku, Poetry

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#NaPoWriMo, #poetry, Day 20, dorindaduclos.com, eyes, haiku, night, Night Owl Poetry, owl, poems, raptor, writing


Mighty eyes do pierce

As night favors the raptor

With a simple glance

 

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The Blame – #poetry of an #owl

07 Saturday Nov 2020

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Poetry

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#poetry, careless, danger, dorindaduclos.com, fire, forest, forest fire, human, man, nature, Night Owl Poetry, owl, poems, writing


The night falls
More quickly these days
In silence,
Draped in a choking haze

Outside, an owl
Screeches my name,
What is he saying?
What does he claim?

That I took the stars
And blackened the sky,
Says the moon doesn’t shine
And he wants to know why

Hear his cry,
Ear splitting, so unnerved
Surely this raptor
Is somewhat perturbed

Still I cannot see,
What he sees, in the dark
An ebony field,
Laid barren and stark

From the one thing
That has forsaken his land
The strike of a match,
By a human hand

He has lost his home,
His place to hide
His family, no longer
By his side

Taken down in a hail
Of smoke and flame
The owl, he weeps,
And I am to blame…

 

Author’s Note: Seven new large fires were reported 11/5/2020, three in Idaho, two in Kansas, and one each in Minnesota and Montana. Nationally, 36 large fires have burned 2.8 million acres. (source: National Interagency Fire Center).  Before you flick that lit cigarette, or leave a campfire unattended and burning, think about how many lives you could be destroying, both wild and human.

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She Knows Not Defeat – #poetry – #MayWriting

13 Wednesday May 2020

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in May Writing, Poetry

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#MayWriting, #poetry, defeat, dorindaduclos.com, dreamer, fighter, Night Owl Poetry, owl, poems, writing, youth


Pensive, with a subtle gleam in her eye

Shadowed, only, by the moon in the sky

In darkness, she roams, no path in sight

Taking flight, into the obsidian night

On a journey, no boundaries to halt her

Gliding, seeking, you cannot fault her

Searching for dreams, she will discover

Over the lands, as mighty wings hover

Swooping down, talons fierce, do clasp

With quiet dominance, she holds her grasp

Capturing prey, she is driven, a hunger

For now, only wishing, she was much younger

When trips through the dark, she didn’t tire

A spring in her step, her soul, raging fire

At times, she is distant, feels incomplete

Still the spark in her eye, shows she knows not defeat

 

May Writing Prompt – Fight on fighter

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When Sunlight Disappears – #poetry – #NaPoWriMo

13 Monday Apr 2020

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in #NaPoWriMo, Poetry

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#NaPoWriMo, #NationalPoetryMonth, #poetry, April, Day 13, death, dorindaduclos.com, night, Night Owl Poetry, owl, poems, prey, writing

He flies by night, through darkened skies

In search of prey, as moon does rise

Talons, hidden, tucked underneath

Eyes opened wide, he searches heath

The slightest movement, he can detect

His victim, knows no circumspect

Caught in claws, then whisked away

It shall not see the light of day

For the owl must feed his family

Hidden high above, in yonder tree

He’ll do this task, without fear

Each time the sunlight disappears

 

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