Throughout the process of writing several books of poetry over the years, Duckhorn began to realize something beyond her constant state of writing which time and experience had not prepared her for. There was a bit of an epiphany that followed the end of her latest book about the soul. This book, and all the others, represent a succession of lessons or experiences some people go through to gain more understanding of human nature. The sequence of the twelve books is symbolic of that journey.

Topics like, death, love, space travel, gratitude, time and soul blended with a lighthearted and unique style that fills these books; one that rarely strays from the balance of humor and seriousness, essence and source, oneness and transcendental  awareness. The poems never sidestep the one thing which comes most naturally to her human nature, conveying her ideas through the writing and wit of poetry which she considers a gift.

The sheer love of words and lingering phrases that shift and direct, heal and save, mock and expand, and engage readers with their own truths about themselves is frequently evident across her works, to to those who love poetry and appreciate that voice in society. Her thought process may lend significant interest to those who love to ponder over life’s great mysteries.

Her books are listed here:

Red Daughters in a Foreign Spotlight: A Collection of Poems. Poet births ideas which grow in the reader’s spotlight.

Zoom Lens:: The Selected Poems. Pierces things to their core, zooming in on the layers of life’s consciousness and topics of variety.

Soul Beams: Collected Poems. Selected poems about yearning to create more and exude more of one’s soul to the world.

Double Decked Nature: Selected Poems. Balancing the structure of our individuality by drawing from the meditative energy inside of ourselves to fortify and make best use of the cosmic structure around us.

Gravel Pit on the Moon: A Collection of Poems. Cosmic poems, some about the moon, our favorite sight at night, and others about the rest of the cosmos where we find ourselves.

Rocks on the Road: Selected Poems. An odyssey of poems of various topics. As the essence of human nature arrives, consciousness comes across it’s own curiosity to expand and discover outer regions of mind. The poems themselves become discoveries written in an endeavor to understand the universe yet are committed to make life functional here on earth.

Poems of Gratitude. Grateful expressions about life and some of it’s various aspects.

Say Yes to Time: A Collection of Poems. A poet’s pep-talk for positivity and thus fortifying life’s ongoing adventures.

Written Rhythms of Space Travel and Earthly Things: A Collection of Poems. A poet’s journey into deep space trying to convey that Earth may not be such a bad place after all.

Flapping Soul, Words in Verse: A Collection of Poems. Poet gets more specific in modulating the connective instances of our own soul in relationship to the souls of others.

Explorations of a Verse Master: A Collection of Poems A poet’s view of meeting intelligent alien life in all time periods conveying lessons and experiences stemming from this imaginative experience.

Memorable Sayings of Poetry. These “strange normalities,” as the poet calls them, are enticing, witty, and memorable; and teach us the messages of the yearning pen. This pen is alive, and the well is the indigo nature of the subconscious.

Twelve plus One: A Collection of Poems. In her latest collection of poems, author Marleen Rita Duckhorn shares her poetic musings on alien space crafts, time, heaven and ascension, and much more.

Praising Nature: A Collection of Poems. This poetry collection aims to remind and encourage readers to be grateful, thankful, and praiseful of Mother Nature’s gifts of inspiration.

When Duckhorn writes she uses her spiritual eye as well as her whimsical earthly eyes. This combination is her secret and is displayed with her knack for phrases which she exercises throughout all of her books.

For example from Say Yes to Time:

In our widening view of the cosmos
From an evolving view of ourselves when found
To be able to keep open to those changes
And yet keep one’s feet on the ground.

Again she writes in Written Rhythms of Space Travel and Earthly Things:

Who’s gate is open for the rush
Where words are born and arrive
And fences are down to allow matter
Never to resist creation’s thrive.