fire and ice (decuain)

by Mr. Darcy   May 15, 2018


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forbidden shards shatter an unseen eye -
reflected, there's a razor's at his throat.
Almighty shall not hear a pitied cry -
God stirs the fateful ink into the moat,
inside these watered walls, read what he wrote:
"Libellous verse be still, or murdered now -
evoke remorse Satan before you choke"
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evoke, he did, a vengeful worded vow:
"go now Divine, let fire feed your sighs -
or for eternity, be petrified!"

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- Mr. Darcy
© 2018.

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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.

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  • 6 years ago

    by Ben

    for all my love of poetry and the quite literally thousands of books i own I can never get my head around the whole aA Bb cC Blaaaaaaaaah ....... I have a mental block on it for some reason which drives me mental, Syrup tried teaching me once and i think I made her loose some leaves , having said that Just cause i can;t do it doesn't mean I cant appreciate it, and i love this write, you me old mucker scribed a corker here!

    Added to favs so don't delete it!

    Ben :)

  • 6 years ago

    by Ben Pickard

    Excellent, Michael; I thought you would be a dab hand at this form, given the meter. I do spot only 9 syllables in lines 1 and 6, though.

    Take care

  • 6 years ago

    by Em (marmite)

    My hearts in my mouth.. Nearly quite literally

  • 6 years ago

    by mossgirl19

    I remembered Dr. Faustus dealing with the devil when I read this. I think that aside from Ben P. you also have a sickness for rhythm Mr. Darcy! You pulled this form off without 'a single hiccup'.

  • 6 years ago

    by Kitty Cat Lady

    Very vengeful indeed! Interesting form ... I might give it a go. Great imagery created here. :-) x
    =^.^=

    *typos: 'razor's' and 'divine'

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