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Night Owl Poetry – Dorinda Duclos

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Night Owl Poetry – Dorinda Duclos

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Thirsty for Blood – #poetry – #NaPoWriMo

20 Monday Apr 2020

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in #NaPoWriMo, Poetry

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A silhouette against the sun
The wind takes over sails
As pirates slumber in the night
In hopes, the wind won’t fail

Lest they be forever adrift
In a sea, oft unforgiving
Battering waves, tossed about
Yet, it’s how they go on living

The life they choose, no matter
What others, of them, may think
They’ll stash abundant treasure
As they watch the others sink

Into the deepest oceans
Lost, in a battle of greed
Thirsty for blood, they conquer
No matter how much you plead

They take it all, there’s nothing left
Your ship, lay barren and wasted
And you cling to life, but lose the fight
Your own blood, you now have tasted

 

 

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The Devil Wears Polyester – #MayWriting – #poetry

31 Friday May 2019

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in May Writing, Poetry

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In his wildest dreams, he was a pirate
A swashbuckler much better than Kidd
Though merely a fantasy, his free spirit
Nearly did him in, oh, God forbid!

Found himself a lady, the finest, was she
Treated her poorly, and it cost him
When he wasn’t looking, went on a spree
Left him with nothing, but exhaustion

When realizing he had nothing to wear
He went out, and found himself a sewer
Turns out, it’s the sister, he took to his lair
Only the devil, it appears, didn’t know her

Promising to make him the best costume ever
Sneering, he said, get to it, I will not pester
When finished, presented him, her endeavor
Laughed, because she made it out of polyester

He wondered aloud, how could this be right?
This fabric is horrid on the skin, it itches!!
He looked for her, but she fled, in the night
Now he’s stuck, with irritated britches

 

May Writing Prompts – The Devil Wears Polyester – Day 31/31 – Hard to believe another month has passed, and June is knocking on our door! The twisted book titles were a blast. Next months prompts are sure to catch your fancy…a little bit different than what you’re used to.   😉

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Moonlit Excursions – #poetry #JanuaryWriting

02 Tuesday Jan 2018

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in January Writing, Poems, Poetry

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#JanuaryWriting, #poetry, darkness, death, dorindaduclos.com, moon, moonlight, night, Night Owl Poetry, ocean, pirates, poems, ships, storms, twilight, writing, writing prompt


Our journey took us, far away, to the sea

Twilight had settled, on the captain and me

Moon lighted the way, though we saw not ahead

The billowing clouds, that meant imminent dread

The sky was laced, with pinks and blues

Our sails, like bellows, held the wind, as it blew

We traveled through waters, so calm and serene

Merely ripples of waves, such a peaceful scene

But the darkness grew closer, as we sailed, on and on

Never again to been seen, in the light of the dawn

 

Writing Prompt – Moonlit Excursions – Day 2/31

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