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Night Owl Poetry – Dorinda Duclos

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Night Owl Poetry – Dorinda Duclos

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The Same ~ A Fable

23 Friday Jun 2017

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Fiction

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Author’s note:  I blame the lack of sleep for this unusual piece, now added to my collection of fiction.  Thank you for suffering along with me and my odd sense of writing  😉


“You’re embarrassing me”

“Me? Have you taken a good look at yourself?”

“Whatever do you mean?”

“Really, must you two always bicker about the same thing?”

“Well, she looks awful!”

“I do not, you do”

And as the father treed sighed, listening to the two women trees bicker over whose hair looked better, the moon quietly watched. He had heard it all before. Though he knew the barren branches of the trees would never be tamed, he continued to shine on them, a light to illuminate their differences, a glow to show them they were, indeed, the same.  Beautiful.

 

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Blazing Heat ~ #poetry

15 Thursday Jun 2017

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Poems, Poetry

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#poetry, acres, destruction, dorindaduclos.com, evergreen, fire, forest denizen, forest fires, man, matches, Night Owl Poetry, poems, trees, writing


Through forest paths of fallen pines

I dare not tread beyond the lines

Of trails once traveled by those before

Trampled pieces, laid on the floor

The forest creatures flee in fright

Their habitat, a dreadful sight

No shelter left from blazing heat

No protection for their feet

Nothing to shield the flames of fire

There is nothing left but fallen brier

A single match was all it took

To change the way the forest looks

Charred beyond, this sight, obscene

By man, who burned, the evergreen

 

Note: Human-caused fires burn more than 2. 5 million acres each year, or nearly 4,000 square miles — an area bigger than Delaware. (FoxNews US)

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Renewal ~ #DailyHaikuChallenge #poetry

07 Wednesday Jun 2017

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Haiku, Poems, Poetry, Poetry Challenge

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#DailyHaikuChallenge, #Haiku365, #myphotography, #poetry, beauty, cactus, dorindaduclos.com, greenery, haiku, Laurelwood Arboretum, nature, Night Owl Poetry, poems, poetry challenge, renewal, trees


Ever beautiful

The tree renews life again

Where seeds are planted

 

Daily Haiku Challenge ~ Day 218/365

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The Starling ~ #DailyHaikuChallenge #poetry

17 Wednesday May 2017

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Haiku, Poems, Poetry, Poetry Challenge

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#DailyHaikuChallenge, #Haiku365, #poetry, birds, black bird, dorindaduclos.com, haiku, nature, Night Owl Poetry, poems, poetry challenge, Silhouette, starling, trees


Hidden among trees

A silhouette against green

The starling, at rest

 

Daily Haiku Challenge ~ Day 197/365

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Wisteria ~ #DailyHaikuChallenge #poetry

05 Friday May 2017

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Haiku, Poems, Poetry, Poetry Challenge

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#DailyHaikuChallenge, #Haiku365, #mybackyard, #myphotography, #poetry, beauty, dorindaduclos.com, flowers, haiku, nature, Night Owl Poetry, Photography, poems, poetry challenge, purple, springtime, trees, white, wisteria


Wisteria breathes

Cascades of purple and white

In the springtime air

 

Daily Haiku Challenge ~ Day 186/365

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