Nantucket Breeze ~ #poetry #AugustWriting

04 Saturday Aug 2018

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in August Writing, Poems, Poetry

≈ 14 Comments

Tags

#AugustWriting, #poetry, bay, boats, breeze, dorindaduclos.com, guide, lighthouse, Nantucket, Night Owl Poetry, poems, sails, sea, writing, writing prompt

I held my place, upon the shore
Watched the boats in the harbor, glide
They kept their distance, thanks to me
And I was filled, with a sense of pride

For I was the one to watch over
The boats that passed through, each day
Making sure, they were safe from harm
As they made their way, into the bay

Their sails did fly, against the wind
Easier now, then from the seas
Flapping and swaying, in a rhythmic dance
Guided by me and the Nantucket breeze

August Writing Prompt – Nantucket breeze – Day 4/31

©2018 Dorinda Duclos All Rights Reserved
Photo via Pixabay CC0

Wondering Why (The Life of a Hibiscus) – #poetry

03 Friday Aug 2018

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in My Photography, Photography, Poems, Poetry

≈ 24 Comments

Tags

#myphotography, #nofilter, #poetry, beauty, bloom, brighten, death, dorindaduclos.com, fade away, flowers, hibiscus, life, nature, Night Owl Poetry, poems, sunset, writing

For Steve…

How can I be so beautiful?

Then disappear before your eyes

I’m here today, then off I go

I know you’ve wondered why

Perhaps it’s meant to happen

Paving the way, for another bloom

Upon the stalk, that holds me up

Perchance, it needs more room

Though I am here to dazzle, it seems

For merely a day or two

My time here, is a short one

So I’ve blossomed, just for you

Poem and photo ©2018 Dorinda Duclos All Rights Reserved

Mysterious Mounds ~ #poetry #AugustWriting

03 Friday Aug 2018

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in August Writing, Poems, Poetry

≈ 16 Comments

Tags

#AugustWriting, #poetry, backyard, dorindaduclos.com, mounds, mystery, Night Owl Poetry, poems, spring, writing, writing prompt

In neat little piles, outside my back door

Sat a bunch of mysterious mounds

I’m not really sure what exactly they were

Only saw they were perfectly round

Went out to the garage to fetch the rake

Needed to clean up the mess, such trash

But when I came back, the mounds were gone

Seems they all disappeared, in a flash

Well, I haven’t seen them since that day

And so they remain, quite a curious thing

I’m hoping to never see them again, but

I’m sure they’ll be back, come next spring

August Writing Prompt – Mysterious mounds – Day 3/31

©2018 Dorinda Duclos All Rights Reserved
Photo via Pixabay CC0

Pacify ~ #Haiku #RonovanWrites

02 Thursday Aug 2018

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Haiku, Poems, Poetry, Ronovan writes

≈ 14 Comments

Tags

#myphotography, #nofilter, #poetry, #RonovanWrites, dorindaduclos.com, flowers, fuels, haiku, hunger, Night Owl Poetry, poems, poetry challenge, rain, sates, sunlight, thirst, writing

Rain quenches a thirst

Fueled, by the sunlight streaming

Sating a hunger

RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #212 Sates&Fuels

Haiku and Photo ©2018 Dorinda Duclos All Rights Reserved

#TBT ~The Joker – #freeverse #poetry

02 Thursday Aug 2018

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in free verse, Poems, Poetry, Throw Back Thursday #TBT

≈ 12 Comments

Tags

#freeverse, #poetry, #TBT, dorindaduclos.com, fool, joker, king, love, lovers, Night Owl Poetry, poems, queen, Throwback Thursday, writing

Like a deck of fifty two
dealt haphazardly across
a felt table, you anted
your chips and caused
me to fold under your
skilled hand, shuffling
the Queen of Hearts
against the King of Spades
you fooled me into
believing I had the upper hand
when all I had was the Joker.

Photo and Poem ©2014 Dorinda Duclos All Rights Reserved