Friday, November 20, 2020

Poetic Form 65: Decima

 


From Ashes

She opens a shoe box filled to

the brim with letters she never

sent. He always called from Denver

when he needed to fight the hue

of loneliness his searching drew.

She ignites a match to penned guards,

letting pain burn the house of cards

down to the ashes staining her

spirit. “Love will not be deferred,”

she whispers, cutting free his barbs.


Poetic Form 65: Decima


There are various versions of the Decima poetic form. The form I used is popular 

in Puerto Rico. The form has 10 lines with 8 syllables per line. The form has the 

following rhyme scheme:


A

B

B

A

A

C

C

D

D

C

 

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