Welcome to the Décima Poetry Challenge. Each week we’ll be attempting a Décima, also known as an Espinela, poem. If you don’t know how to write a Décima, click HERE to go to a post on how to write one.
Here is the quick description of a Décima:
There are 10 lines (stanza) of poetry that rhyme but in this case there is a set rhyming pattern we must stick to.
In addition each line must only have 8 syllables.
The rhyme pattern is;
a
b
b
a
a
c
c
d
d
c
For this particular challenge the word DREAM must be one of the A position words. Then the other two A position/s word/s must rhyme with DREAM.
Sometimes you break the rhyme into two stanzas using the following rhyme pattern. abba/accddc.
This week is the
A rhyme spot.
This week’s inspiration is to use
DREAM
as one of your “A” words, and meaning you use DREAM in one spot, and its rhyme in the other.
If you are having a bit of trouble with this prompt, just write whatever you are inspired to do as long as it is a Décima.
Tools you might need to write the poem are:
RhymeZone.com,
Thesaurus.com
HowManySyllables.com.
Once you complete your poem and post it on your blog, copy the link and place it in the comments in this post. That way other people can visit your post and check out your poem. You can also put a link, Ping Back, of this challenge in your post, to let your followers know where to go if they want to participate., but this is not a must to join in.
If you choose to put the link in your post, this is a Ping Back. Click HERE to find out how to do a Ping Back, if you have never done one before. Basically, any time you click on a link in an article or post, that’s a Ping Back.
Please share this post on your Social Media, such as Twitter or FB. As with the Ping Back, this is not a requirement. Reblogging is great as well.
Some people also like to copy the challenge image into their posts. That’s okay with me.
Is there a typo here? Don’t you mean “… the other two A position words must rhyme with dream”? (there are three C positions, so ‘the other two’ makes no sense to me.
Or am I missing something?
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Correct. Thanks for catching that one. Eventually, y’all will point them all out. 🙂 I had 5 years to get the Haiku Challenge right.
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I thought that too but I just go with the flow…we are all learning. A I didn’t understand before I just kept quiet and went my own way 😀
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Exactly. I liked what you did with it. I might do it on purpose at some point, just to see who pays attention to all of it. Muahahahahahaha (That’s my manical laugh.)
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Really I’d never if guessed! Here is mine BAAAAAHAAAAAHAAAAAA!!
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[…] Prompted from the Ronovan Writes Décima Poetry Prompt at: https://ronovanwrites.com/2020/05/27/ronovan-writes-decima-poetry-challenge-prompt-7-dream/. […]
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Your pingback didn’t work well. For other visitors, your offering is here. And a good one it is, too!
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[…] is part of Ronovanwrite’s Décima Challenge. For this particular challenge the word DREAM must be one of the A position words. Then the […]
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Hmm… something wrong with pingbacks, I fear. Your offering can be found here.
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[…] entry for this week’s Décima Poetry Challenge No. 7 DREAM. (A New Challenge here on […]
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Your pingback failed; I know not why. I offer it here, with a sigh.
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The pingback is registering, but you just click on the bold lettering at the very top to go to the post for each person.
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[…] Prompt: Ronovan Writes: Decima Poetry Challenge #7: Dream […]
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Dunno what’s wrong with pingbacks here, Ronovan. Might be worth asking WordPress support. My offering is here.
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Thank you again for the prompt!
My interpretation can be found here:
https://myfreshpages.wordpress.com/2020/05/29/rippling-dreams-decima/
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[…] two prompts for this poem, Linda’s paint-chip poetry for the week and also Ronovan’s Décima challenge using “dream.” I hope this is good because I wrote 4 or 5 décimas in the past few days […]
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Here is mine, after much trial and error!
https://revivedwriter.wordpress.com/2020/05/30/decima-dreaming-of-music/
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Mine for the week: I Have a Dream https://wp.me/p4eHj4-1im
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