Saturday Mix – Lucky Dip, 30 June 2018
Welcome to the Saturday Mix, 30 June 2018 – Lucky Dip!
For this week’s Lucky Dip, I have reached into my mystery bag and pulled out a Decuain. The topic is up to you!
You may be thinking to yourself, What on earth is a Decuain?
Luckily, Shadow Poetry has an explanation…
Decuain
The Decuain (pronounced deck•won), created by Shelley A. Cephas, is a short poem made up of 10 lines, which can be written on any subject. There are 10 syllables per line and the poem is written in iambic pentameter.
There are 3 set choices of rhyme scheme:
ababbcbcaa, ababbcbcbb, or ababbcbccc
For a longer Decuain poem, add more stanzas for a double, triple, quatruple, etc. Decuain.
Example of Decuain
Dear Heart…
Our dearest Susan has a tender heart,
a mother who’s devoted to her son,
her love and wisdom to him she’ll impart,
so when they are together they have fun;
I know their love shall never come undone.
She’s special to her friends and family,
a gift from God, who’s loved by everyone
for truly she is blessed with dignity,
in this I’m sure that we would all agree
because I know she has been good to me.Copyright © 2008 Shelley A. Cephas
Source: Shadow Poetry Editors, http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/decuain.html (accessed 30 June, 2018)
Good luck with your ‘Lucky Dip Decuain’ – I can’t wait to see what you come up with! Don’t forget to tag ‘Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie’, ‘Saturday Mix’, and hashtag #LuckyDip.
As always, make sure you link your fabulous creation to the helpful Mister Linky.
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Oh… then words, ten lines… even ten syllables…I could do-
But any regulated meter is not my friend.
I may have to pass on this one.
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Haha! No worries! It IS very tricky
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I can’t even do a proper Limerick…
sad but true.
But I console myself with the fact that I can do other things 😉
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Well we need to work with our strengths 😉
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I may attempt the prompt… but it would be actual ‘work’ – (he, he).
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Too hot to work in the garden, so I roused my muse for:
Well Versed? /strong>
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So sorry I’ve had to put strands in the ‘private zone’ again…
Please ask for a look-see and I’ll OK you.
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