07 Wednesday Dec 2016
Posted in Wordless Wednesday
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1941, 75 years, A date which will live in infamy, December 7, dorindaduclos.com, FDR, Japan, Night Owl Poetry, Pearl harbor Day, War, Wordless Wednesday
“A Date Which Will Live in Infamy”: FDR Asks for a Declaration of War. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941, stunned virtually everyone in the United States military. Japan’s carrier-launched bombers found Pearl Harbor totally unprepared.”
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05 Tuesday Jul 2016
Posted in My Thoughts, Poems, Poetry
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#poetry, Bangladesh, brotherhood, death, dorindaduclos.com, free verse, hate, Istanbul, love, Night Owl Poetry, Orlando, Paris, poems, terror, War, World Trades
I cry another tear
As I watch the sky
Darkened by terror
And the clouds weep
Draining their wrath
Over the lands, exhausted
By the fires that burn
In the evil that dwells
And yet, we watch,
As another brother loses
And the devil wins again
Taking and taking, never
Relenting, never a hesitation
For as long as these men
Shall shed their own blood
We shall never know love
The brotherhood, once
An almighty power, has
Been shaken to dust,
Battled to the death,
Relinquished peace…..
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13 Monday Jun 2016
Posted in My Thoughts, Poems, Poetry
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#poetry, battles, Boston, death, destruction, dorindaduclos.com, europe, Night Owl Poetry, Orlando, Paris, peace, poems, terror, turkey, United States, violence, War
Shall I walk outside my door
Unafraid to face the war
Of humans battling one another
Bullets flying, run for cover
Terror plagues this hallowed land
Acts of violence, carefully planned
For what? I have to wonder why.
How many tears must we all cry?
How many others have to die?
Until this carnage, at last does cease
And once again, we can live in peace
Remembering those in Orlando, and around the world, who have fallen to these senseless acts of violence.
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03 Sunday Apr 2016
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#NaPoWriMo, #poetry, anger, Day 3, dorindaduclos.com, free verse, lightning, National Poetry Month, Night Owl Poetry, poems, rage, Sounds, storms, thunder, War
The storm raged
thunderous explosions
like the Fourth of July
without its colors
rattled windows
dislocated, limbs fell
against the glass
or did they knock
asking me, to let them in
shelter from the battle
I don’t know, shades drawn
lights out, I could not see
seated in the darkness
only my shadow reflected
on the wall, as lightning
danced across the skies
illuminated, then black again
ice pellets, echoed,
the noise, like machine guns,
ravaging the night, a hunter
claimed his prey
then unexpected silence
the only sound heard
was the peaceful rain,
gently falling.
a truce…………
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11 Wednesday Nov 2015
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#poetry, air force, army, battle, coast guard, dorindaduclos.com, history, marines, military, navy, Night Owl Poetry, poems, Veterans Day, War
For the United States, a nation free
A country proud of her liberty,
Without a second guess, you stood
And formed an earthly brotherhood.
Joined together, hand in hand
You vowed to protect our beloved land,
Lines of battle, courageously fought
You made it home, weary and fraught.
But others will never forget, you see
You’ve carved a place in history.
To our Veterans of war, we gratefully pray
May God watch over you, each night and day!
©2015 Dorinda Duclos All Rights Reserved
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