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Night Owl Poetry – Dorinda Duclos

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Night Owl Poetry – Dorinda Duclos

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The Blue Screen of Death – #poetry – #AprilWriting

06 Saturday Apr 2019

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Hours, now spent, at the computer screen
Pounding the keyboard, to its extreme

While typing away, I’m paying no attention
Until I realize, I’m faced, with misapprehension

Glancing above the rims of my glasses
The color of blue, which nicely harasses

The vision in front of me, is it a message?
Downloading future, is this a presage?

It tells me to wait, but for what, I’m unsure
I could always hit cancel, that could be a cure

Except, I wonder, what it is my future holds
Can I ask the blue screen, or would that be too bold?

On second thought, perhaps, it’s cancel, I will hit
Better I should shut it down, before I throw a fit

As I turn off the computer, and take a deep breath
I pray, when I turn it on, I won’t be faced with death

 

April Writing Prompts – The blue screen of death – Day 6/30

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Karma has a way – #poetry – #AprilWriting

05 Friday Apr 2019

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#AprilWriting, #poetry, broken hearted, dorindaduclos.com, empty, karma, Night Owl Poetry, perfection, poems, rejection, rules, writing, writing prompt


It never happened before, no, not to her

She was always the one, who rejected

Now she sat alone, with life, just a blur

Not even the water, in the pool, reflected

How she was feeling, deep down inside

An emptiness, filled, the whole of her belly

Passing her by, heard remarks, rather snide

Her heart broken in two, legs feeling like jelly

She tried to ignore, but it was so hard to do

All she wanted was a little love, and affection

But karma has a way of turning back on you

Its number one rule, no such thing as perfection

 

April Writing Prompts – Rules of rejection – Day 5/30

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Stuck on Repeat – #poetry – #AprilWriting

04 Thursday Apr 2019

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#AprilWriting, #poetry, Children, dorindaduclos.com, Night Owl Poetry, parents, poems, repeat, songs, The Elephant Show, theme songs, writing, writing prompt


When morning light begins
And says goodnight to moon

I try to escape what’s in
The house, this awful tune

A song that lingers on and on
It’s one not easy to forget

Sounding more like a drone
And eventually, one, I regret

To hear it again, I don’t wanna
It’s enough to make me dread

Kind of reminds me of Manamana
Now try getting it out of your head

Still my daughter sings to me
This song she learned so well

And all it ever brings to me
Is a headache, and a dizzy spell

 

Author’s Note: For those of us with children, this song was a staple in the house for years. The Elephant Show and its theme song was always being sung. Just minutes ago, I told my daughter the prompt, and yes, you guessed it, she started singing it. She’s 29… lol  Never heard it?  Listen HERE – Good luck getting it out of your head.

April Writing Prompts – Skinamarinky Dinky Dink – Day 4/30

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TP or not TP (sorry Shakespeare) – #poetry – #AprilWriting

03 Wednesday Apr 2019

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#AprilWriting, #poetry, bathroom, bottom, dorindaduclos.com, Night Owl Poetry, poems, toilet paper, toilet seat, writing, writing prompt


Do you ever wonder, what it must think?

When in the bathroom, you make a stink

Does it cringe or does it start to sweat?

I’ve often wondered, but haven’t asked, just yet

After being neatly rolled with its fellow sheets

A human hand grabs and heads for a seat

Right then, does the toilet paper feel its defeat?

Or does it, instead, feel more replete?

After all, we are using it, for what it is meant

Though asked, I’m sure it would give its dissent

Stand on the roller, and proclaim to the crowd

Nothing I did here, is making me feel proud!

With its roll now depleted, its job is finished, so they say

Until Mother Nature calls, and we’re headed back its way

 

April Writing Prompts – Toilet paper testimonies – Day 3/30

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The Bridge to Malawi – #poetry – #AprilWriting

02 Tuesday Apr 2019

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#AprilWriting, #poetry, bridge, dorindaduclos.com, friendly, landlocked, Malawi, Muli bwanjii, Night Owl Poetry, poems, writing, writing prompt


A bridge to find a new world to explore

Not one just outside my front door

Some place far away, a simpler kind

Nothing to carry, a load off my mind

A bridge, to the warm heart of a land

To a country where there are no demands

Across the equator, and southern plain

Friendly people walking down the lane

In Africa, Malawi, holds these treasures

Landlocked, the lake so pure, a pleasure

Muli bwanji, is the way to say hello

Always extend a greeting, as you go

Happy people, grace this humble place

And surely bring a smile, to a hardened face

 

April Writing Prompts – The bridge to Malawi – Day 2/30

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