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Night Owl Poetry – Dorinda Duclos

~ "The silence of the night awakens my soul"

Night Owl Poetry – Dorinda Duclos

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Caught in the Act – #shortstory #fiction

14 Monday Nov 2016

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Fiction

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green-1757807_960_720He caught me

I was trying to hide it. The wee hours had their hold on me, again. Every night the same routine, except tonight. He caught me. The glare of the back light made it impossible to shield what I was doing. I thought I was rather quiet, but it didn’t matter.

Sound or no, he just waited for me to notice him. I did, but refused to acknowledge his stare. Ignoring something or someone is easy enough, until of course, the daggers being thrown in your direction eventually hit their target. Okay, okay, I get it.

I’m disturbing him. I could shade it with my hands. I could stop altogether but that’s not an option. No, I’ll just keep ignoring, he’ll just keep glaring, and then the battery died. I needed to plug my phone in. He smiled and rolled over.  Damn, he wins every time.

 

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Inscribed ~ #poetry #freeverse

03 Thursday Nov 2016

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Poems, Poetry

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#poetry, dorindaduclos.com, free verse, ink, insanity, life, Night Owl Poetry, paper, pen, poems, Stories, writing

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Insanity, the incessant need

To put pen to paper, indelible ink

Invisible, yet clearly seen

Leaving a mark, permanently

Inscribed, on blank pages

Merely, the story of our life

 

 

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The Pulse – #RomanticTuesday #poetry

01 Tuesday Nov 2016

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Poems, Poetry, Romantic Tuesday

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For a moment, indulge me, savor the words

The ones that make me shiver

In pure rapture, simple yet complex

Lines, feelings, raw emotions

Obscured to others, overt to my heart

Secrets revealed, with the stroke of a pen, the brush of a hand

Touching my very being, awakening me

Inscribed, forever, for you, my love

Written, with the pulse of my soul

 

 

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The Void – #poetry #haiku

25 Tuesday Oct 2016

Posted by Dorinda Duclos in Haiku, Poems, Poetry

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Bleary eyed, I write

Restless thoughts, scattered letters

Words, to fill the void

 

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Hidden ~ a short story

24 Monday Oct 2016

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windows-1209555_960_720In the wee hours, she is awakened by three distinct knocks. Glancing at her husband, she scowls at him.  He is blissfully sleeping. Something is wrong. He’s usually the one who hears the noises. But not tonight. Tonight, only she is summoned by the hidden ones, who rustle you from a deep sleep, then disappear. Will they knock again?

Silence returns her to her journey back to dreamland, until, a whisper in the dark reminds her, not tonight. Tonight, she is the one who must answer the call. Disturbing no one, she gets out of bed, dons her robe and disappears into the darkness. Cursing under her breath, she closes the bedroom window, reminding  herself to tell her husband to cut the branch that keeps knocking against the pane, when it dances with the wind.

 

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