#FridayFantasy ~ Tempt the Hands of Fate – #poetry

27 Friday Dec 2019

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Poetry

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#poetry, dorindaduclos.com, dream, fate, fire, Night Owl Poetry, nightmare, poems, possession, reality, sleep, writing

Awakening, from a nightmare
I realize, I’m not asleep
Try to pull the blankets up
Find them tangled, in a heap

Sweat pours down, like waterfalls
I try to wipe it, with the sheet
Suddenly, I’m freezing
But, can only feel the heat

Fire blazes before me
Flames devour what’s around
The din, it is quite deafening
But I cannot hear a sound

It dares me to snap out of it
Snap out of what? I have to ask
This dream has taken over
And it’s taken me to task

Of waking to reality, where
The walls don’t suffocate
Breaking free from what possesses me
I tempt the hands of fate

A Child’s Dream – #dark #poetry – #Senryu – #poetrychallenge

10 Wednesday Jul 2019

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Colleen's Weekly Poetry Challenge, Poetry, Senryu

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#darkpoetry, #poetry, Angelic, Colleen's Weekly Poetry Challenge, dorindaduclos.com, dreams, faces, hideous, Night Owl Poetry, nightmare, poems, poetry challenge, pretty, sleep, ugly, writing

This week’s words for Colleen’s fabulous poetry challenge are Pretty and Ugly. Remember, synonyms only!! Check out Colleen’s blog to find which forms of poetry are acceptable for this challenge. Have fun!

Written as a Senryu, my synonyms are Angelic and Hideous.

Hideous faces

In the darkness of the night

Taint angelic dreams

Colleen’s 2019 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 135: Pretty & Ugly

Time for Fantasy ~ #Tanka – #poetry – #poetrychallenge

03 Wednesday Jul 2019

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Colleen's Weekly Poetry Challenge, Poetry, Tanka

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#poetry, Colleen's Weekly Poetry Challenge, dorindaduclos.com, dreams, fantasy, Night Owl Poetry, poems, poetry challenge, sleep, sundae, writing

Colleen’s fabulous poetry challenge for this week are Poet’s Choice! That’s right, it’s the first challenge of the month, and we get to pick! Check out Colleen’s blog to find which forms of poetry are acceptable for this challenge. Have fun!

My poem is written as a Tanka.

When eyes tightly close

Tis the time for fantasy

Invading my dreams

Like a caramel sundae

Sugary sweetness oozing

Colleen’s 2019 Weekly #Tanka Tuesday #Poetry Challenge No. 134 Poet’s Choice

I’m Not Tired -#poetry #insomnia

18 Saturday May 2019

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Poems, Poetry

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#poetry, caffeine, coffee, dorindaduclos.com, dreams, insomnia, inspirations, Night Owl Poetry, poems, sleep, tired, wide awake

I really should be fast asleep

It’s funny, I’m not tired

The night has taken over me

The light of day, expired

There’s a spider crawling up my wall
He doesn’t notice me at all

Perhaps he’s uninspired
By the fact that I’m not tired

My brain is running on caffeine
It really should be in a dream

Is that truly what I desire?
Cause I’m really not that tired

I close my eyes and try to rest

Still, visions dance before me

Why do I even bother?

Now where’s that cup of coffee?

Sweet liquid gold is most required
Oh, did I mention I’m not tired?

Seal My Fate ~ #poetry – #NaPoWriMo

08 Monday Apr 2019

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in #NaPoWriMo, Poetry

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#NaPoWriMo, #NationalPoetryMonth, #poetry, dorindaduclos.com, dreams, fate, hauntings, illusions, Night Owl Poetry, nightmares, poems, sleep, writing

Sleep, is a nightmare, come to rest

These hands upon my body, pressed

Have they come to haunt my being?

Or is this an illusion, I am seeing?

Still I sleep, and do not awake

But I can feel my body quake

And tremble, like the ground that shifts

Yet, no words are falling, from my lips

I continue, to lie here, to contemplate

Knowing, these nightmares, seal my fate

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#FridayFantasy ~ Tempt the Hands of Fate – #poetry

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