18 Tuesday Sep 2018
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#poetry, clouds, darkness, dorindaduclos.com, emerge, light, Night Owl Poetry, pain, poems, rain, rainbow, sunlight, Tanka, weep, writing
I watch the Earth weep
As rain falls from a dark sky
Releasing its pain
Til light of day emerges
With colors of a rainbow
Authors Note: This was my first attempt at a Tanka. I’m not sure if I got it right!! All comments, help, etc, are greatly appreciated!
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17 Monday Sep 2018
Posted in Poetry
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#freeverse, #poetry, aging, Cobwebs, dorindaduclos.com, forgotten memories, life, Night Owl Poetry, pain, Pieces, poems, Unusual, Vita Brevis, vitabrevisliterature.com, writing
I am honored, once again, to have one of my poems published in Vita Brevis! Many thanks to Brian Geiger, editor, for finding this piece worthy of gracing his literary publication! 🙂
Submitted by Dorinda Duclos
I find them in the most unusual places
Little pieces of me I must have left behind
I wonder why they stopped where they did
How they settled in the forgotten cracks
Was it on purpose, or was it I no longer cared?
The particles of my life I chose to leave
Not wanting to be remembered for what was
Rather, what is, and what lies ahead
A glance in the mirror shows a different face
I battle the days when age is not a number
But a feeling, of weary bones, and creaky joints
That one cannot forget about, for another day
As I amble down the hallways, through time
A cobweb, seemingly misplaced inside
Makes me wonder if the spider, too
Has left behind her pieces, in forgotten webs
While she moves on, to find what lies ahead
And as I sweep away the…
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03 Monday Sep 2018
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#poetry, agony, autoimmune diseases, darkness, dorindaduclos.com, fate, fight, life, light, Night Owl Poetry, pain, poems, sorrow, writing
Let me melt away the pain
That lingers on my skin
Let me release the sorrow
I hold, so deeply, within
Inches of this body writhes
As I try to hold it all together
But fate has dealt a mighty blow
And this life, I have to weather
Agony has set its pace, still
I continue, with all my might
To chase away the darkness
Choosing only to see the light
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10 Friday Aug 2018
Posted in August Writing, Poems, Poetry
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#AugustWriting, #poetry, abyss, dorindaduclos.com, Night Owl Poetry, pain, poems, reflection, vulnerable, water, writing, writing prompt
She is a natural beauty, with skin so fair
Her face reflects, in the water, where
The forest trees join her, in sweet repose
Though keeping an eye on her, lest she expose
The vulnerability, for just a moment or two
A vision of one, whose pain pulls her through
Never allowing the others, to find her like this
She keeps herself hidden, so near the abyss
Of water, before her, will she make the connection?
Is it really her, she sees, or merely nature’s reflection?
August Writing Prompt – Nature’s reflection – Day 10/31
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28 Thursday Jun 2018
Posted in June Writing, Poems, Poetry
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#JuneWriting, #poetry, adversity, courage, dorindaduclos.com, fortitude, Night Owl Poetry, pain, poems, river, sail, water, writing, writing prompt
I scull these endless miles, no sleep
To hide the pain that’s hidden deep
With every breath inhaled, I ache
And wonder how much more I’ll take
Before, at last, my final bow
Will release my soul, which cries, but now
I will forge my way, to alleviate this mood
Lest I spend my life, in a constant brood
For this pain doesn’t have control over me
I am the victor, I will set myself free
Row across the river, with courage and fortitude
Where adversity will never, again, intrude
June Writing Prompt – A river of fortitude – Day 26/30
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