Décima Challenge 38 Poets Collected

10 Poets from last week’s challenge of BASH and their Décimas. All links open in a new window when clicked on.

EASTELMHURST.A.GO.GO | Larry Trasciatti: Good~Bye 2020

http://www.engleson.ca

The Dark Dawn

The storm inside me seeks the light,
whilst mornings clouds sink to the sea,
And there, within the dark of me,
I huddle in the cold of night.

As 2020 leaves stage right,
Its lines fumbled, no final bow
No gracious words can we allow
This ingenue who entered brash,
bold, and succumbs, no year end bash,
leaving us to wonder: what now?

Bob Fairfield: The Boxer’s Tale

Frank Hubney | Poetry, Short Prose and Walking: Spiny Orb Weaver

Like Mercury Colliding | Kat Myrman: our heroes

MMA Storytime: Career Day

Revived Writer: https://revivedwriter.wordpress.com/2020/12/31/6147/

Arthur Richardson | Poems, Polemicks and Licks: Abashed

Ronovan Writes: The Final Countdown

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The Final Countdown – A poem.

January 5, 2021January 5, 2021 Ronovan Decima Poetry Decima Poetry, disrespectful colleagues, Election, Life, party division, party politics, Poetry, political division, Politics, Rhyme

The Final Countdown

Unity lost to the loppers,
by bottomfeeding dunderheads.
Proof each family tree under-weds,
and brain cells… hippity hoppers.

For the greediest of goppers,
choose to put selfish gain forward.
They hope to feed the frenzied horde.
The two sides come to one last clash.
So they bing they bang and they bash,
and the tally… remains the same.

How to write an Espinela or Décima poem.

My entry for this week’s Décima Poetry Challenge NO. 38 BASH.

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Ronovan Writes Décima Poetry Challenge Prompt No. 38: (BASH) in the D rhyme line.

December 30, 2020December 29, 2020 Ronovan Décim Poetry Challenge Creative Outlet, Decima Poetry, Espinela Poetry, Fun, Poetry Challenge, Poetry Prompt, Rhyme Poetry, Serious, Spanish Origin Poetry, Vicente Espinel, Weekly Challenge, Writing Inspiration, Writing Prompt

You may, if you wish, make some kind of link between the Haiku Challenge prompt of (BOUND and Sway). and this Décima Challenge of BASH in the D rhyme line. This means you could write a haiku post using the prompt words. Then do a Décima post using this week’s prompt uniting the two with a common message.

The 2 CHALLENGES are SEPARATE but CAN BE combined if YOU CHOOSE to do so.

For last week’s Décima Poets’ poems written for the prompt for STAR, click HERE for all their links in one post. A good opportunity to check out some examples of Décima.

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 an Espinela or Décima Poem.

THE QUICK DESCRIPTION OF HOW TO WRITE A DÉCIMA:

There are 10 lines of poetry that rhyme.
8 syllables per line.
There is a SET RHYMING PATTERN we must stick to. ABBAACCDDC OR two stanzas of ABBA/ACCDDC.

THE CHALLENGE PART:

The prompt word given (in the post heading) must appear at the end of one of the given rhyme lines given (in the post heading), either A, B, C, or D. Let’s say for an EXAMPLE we use the word (STABLE) in the D line. ALWAYS DEFER TO THE WORD AND RHYME LINE IN THE POST HEADING. Sometimes I might miss changing those spots in the challenge post.
The other rhyme line(s) should rhyme with the given word (STABLE). Then the other (D) line should rhyme. Words such as Able, Cable, and Fable.
Once you complete your poem pingback and/or copy/paste your post link into the comments blow.

Our Youth Need…

The young have not been so lucky,
their world defined by death and rage,
We had freedom, they have a cage,
locked up safe from the dying spree.

The fool and wisdom disagree,
on how to save democracy.
Our youth drown in hypocrisy,
as blue label fights red label.
They need foundations firm…stable,
with no games of bureaucracy.

If you can’t come up with a Décima using the given prompt, you can use a Synonym instead. I don’t want to stall your creativity, and with the possibility of a synonym, you will certainly write something amazing…or in my case, something that rhymes.

ONCE YOU COMPLETE YOUR POEM PINGBACK AND/OR COPY/PASTE YOUR LINK INTO THE COMMENTS BELOW.

That way other people can visit your post and check out your poem.
You can also put the link of this challenge in your post to let your followers know where to go if they want to participate. This is called a Pingback. This is not mandatory to join in or to put your post link in the comments. Click HERE to find out how to do a Pingback.
Reblogging is great as well.

Some people like to copy and paste the challenge image into their posts. That’s okay with me.

Sites to help:

RhymeZone.com
Thesaurus.com
Merriam-Webster.com Use this site for syllables. I’ve used several online counters and too many have given different counts for the same word, so I use the dictionary now. Also, in some parts of the English speaking world, the syllables may come out in the spoken language a bit differently. And that’s okay. Write to enjoy, too learn, and yes, try to get the syllables right, but above all create and enjoy.

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Décima Challenge 37 Poets Collected

December 30, 2020December 29, 2020 Ronovan Décim Poetry Challenge Decima Poetry, Poetry, Poetry Community, Poetry Links, Rhyming Poetry, Ronovan Writes Decima Challenge Poets, Try a new poetry style, Writing Prompt Results

10 Poets and 1 NEW POET from last week’s challenge of STAR and their Décimas. All links open in a new window when clicked on.

It having been the week of Christmas, it should not be a surprise that some of our poems shared a theme this week, as was somewhat intended. However, the variety of how they were done was nice. And there were others who threw in a twist when you thought they were going one way then swerved at the end.

Please be sure to visit everyone at least once if you haven’t already. More variety than I thought would happen this week with the prompt word being Gift.

The Periodic Writer | Paving An Opinion: Christmas Stars NEW POET!

But I Smile Anyway… | Ritu Bhathal: My Star

Charmed Chaos |Linda Lee Lyberg: Twilight’s Soft Fade

EASTELMHURST.A.GO.GO | Larry Trasciatti: Insomnia

http://www.engleson.ca

The Most Powerful ____ in the World

As one observes his final days,
golf, the pardons, the disregard
for the poor, this lowly bard
seeks to upbraid his venal ways.

He is a man who feeds on praise,
who only sees his raging star,
starved for air, a voracious scar,
an entity bereft of heart,
who will not graciously depart,
for he is king, the chosen Tsar.

Frank Hubney | Poetry, Short Prose and Walking: Star

MMA Storytime: Star Power

Mystical Strings | Dr. Crystal Grimes : Be the Spark

The Periodic Writer | Paving An Opinion: Christmas Stars NEW POET!

Revived Writer: Reaching for Stars

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Ronovan Writes Décima Poetry Challenge Prompt No. 37: (STAR) in the C rhyme line.

December 23, 2020December 23, 2020 Ronovan Décim Poetry Challenge Creative Outlet, Decima Poetry, Espinela Poetry, Fun, Poetry Challenge, Poetry Prompt, Rhyme Poetry, Serious, Spanish Origin Poetry, Vicente Espinel, Weekly Challenge, Writing Inspiration, Writing Prompt

You may, if you wish, make some kind of link between the Haiku Challenge prompt of (OPEN and Solace). and this Décima Challenge of STAR in the C rhyme line. This means you could write a haiku post using the prompt words. Then do a Décima post using this week’s prompt uniting the two with a common message.

The 2 CHALLENGES are SEPARATE but CAN BE combined if YOU CHOOSE to do so.

For last week’s Décima Poets’ poems written for the prompt for GIFT, click HERE for all their links in one post. A good opportunity to check out some examples of Décima.

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 an Espinela or Décima Poem.

THE QUICK DESCRIPTION OF HOW TO WRITE A DÉCIMA:

There are 10 lines of poetry that rhyme.
8 syllables per line.
There is a SET RHYMING PATTERN we must stick to. ABBAACCDDC OR two stanzas of ABBA/ACCDDC.

THE CHALLENGE PART:

The prompt word given (in the post heading) must appear at the end of one of the given rhyme lines given (in the post heading), either A, B, C, or D. Let’s say for an EXAMPLE we use the word (STABLE) in the D line. ALWAYS DEFER TO THE WORD AND RHYME LINE IN THE POST HEADING. Sometimes I might miss changing those spots in the challenge post.
The other rhyme line(s) should rhyme with the given word (STABLE). Then the other (D) line should rhyme. Words such as Able, Cable, and Fable.
Once you complete your poem pingback and/or copy/paste your post link into the comments blow.

Our Youth Need…

The young have not been so lucky,
their world defined by death and rage,
We had freedom, they have a cage,
locked up safe from the dying spree.

The fool and wisdom disagree,
on how to save democracy.
Our youth drown in hypocrisy,
as blue label fights red label.
They need foundations firm…stable,
with no games of bureaucracy.

ONCE YOU COMPLETE YOUR POEM PINGBACK AND/OR COPY/PASTE YOUR LINK INTO THE COMMENTS BELOW.

That way other people can visit your post and check out your poem.
You can also put the link of this challenge in your post to let your followers know where to go if they want to participate. This is called a Pingback. This is not mandatory to join in or to put your post link in the comments. Click HERE to find out how to do a Pingback.
Reblogging is great as well.

Some people like to copy and paste the challenge image into their posts. That’s okay with me.

Sites to help:

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Décima Challenge 36 Poets Collected

December 23, 2020December 23, 2020 Ronovan Décim Poetry Challenge Decima Poetry, Poetry, Poetry Community, Poetry Links, Rhyming Poetry, Ronovan Writes Decima Challenge Poets, Try a new poetry style, Writing Prompt Results

12 Poets from last week’s challenge of GIFT and their Décimas. All links open in a new window when clicked on.

Please be sure to visit everyone at least once if you haven’t already. More variety than I thought would happen this week with the prompt word being Gift.

Here are 3 I thought were standouts for various reasons, those being reasons my strange my caught mid-flight.

But I Smile Anyway… | Ritu Bhathal – A nice poem, but mainly visit her for some moral support. Read her reason behind the poem below her poem. Wow. Very nice Christmas gift. Sarcasm dripping from every letter of that. It is called The Covid Gift after all.

Don’t Forget the Half | CSNelson – Of course, I like the poem but her layout for it was very nice and stands out. Perfectly done for a holiday theme.

Bill Engleson – Always a good poem no matter the style, but a very apropos one for all of us this week. (Really, I just wanted a reason to use the word apropos.)

But I Smile Anyway… | Ritu Bhathal: The Covid Gift

Don’t Forget the Half | CSNelson: Joy of Christmas

EASTELMHURST.A.GO.GO | Larry Trasciatti: The Rabbit

http://www.engleson.ca

The Inebriated Poet Awaiting the New Year

By Bill Engleson

To pile a cord of words in rhyme,
to give them shape, not let them drift,
is such a satisfying gift,
and helps one wile away the time.

And yet one’s thoughts turn on a dime,
for poetry’s not all there is-
akin to gin without the fizz,
rum minus coke, and so I think
a brace of bards do take to drink
for crafting’s often hit or miss.

Bob Fairfield: Village Mystery

Laurie McHarrie @ The Hidden Edge: Nativity

Mindfills: Alive

MMA Storytime: The Gift of Dedication

Revived Writer: Valuable Gifts

Arthur Richardson | Poems, Polemicks and Licks: A Gift

Ronovan Writes: …THE WISE

willowdot21: The gift of madness

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…THE WISE – A poem.

December 17, 2020December 17, 2020 Ronovan Decima Poetry Decima Poetry, disrespectful colleagues, education, Election, Life, party division, party politics, Poetry, political division, Politics, Rhyme, the inexperienced, the wisdom of the experienced

…THE WISE

They believe the Old are obsolete.
They burn bridges and widen rifts.
Not grasping with wisdom comes gifts,
and balance makes a base concrete.
Two can get twice done in one beat.
Walk the halls with something to add,
setting the futures launching pad.
But as the recent past tells us,
none listens enough to discuss.
Hope falls before a power-grab.

A companion poem to my haiku THE FOOLISH… for the Haiku Challenge this week of MAD and Sane.

How to write an Espinela or Décima poem.

My entry for this week’s Décima Poetry Challenge NO. 36 GIFT.

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Ronovan Writes Décima Poetry Challenge Prompt No. 36: (GIFT) in the B rhyme line.

December 16, 2020December 16, 2020 Ronovan Décim Poetry Challenge Creative Outlet, Decima Poetry, Espinela Poetry, Fun, Poetry Challenge, Poetry Prompt, Rhyme Poetry, Serious, Spanish Origin Poetry, Vicente Espinel, Weekly Challenge, Writing Inspiration, Writing Prompt

You may, if you wish, make some kind of link between the Haiku Challenge prompt of (MAD and Sane). and this Décima Challenge of GIFT in the B rhyme line. This means you could write a haiku post using the prompt words. Then do a Décima post using this week’s prompt uniting the two with a common message.

The 2 CHALLENGES are SEPARATE but CAN BE combined if YOU CHOOSE to do so.

For last week’s Décima Poets’ poems written for the prompt for KNOCK, click HERE for all their links in one post. A good opportunity to check out some examples of Décima.

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 an Espinela or Décima Poem.

THE QUICK DESCRIPTION OF HOW TO WRITE A DÉCIMA:

There are 10 lines of poetry that rhyme.
8 syllables per line.
There is a SET RHYMING PATTERN we must stick to. ABBAACCDDC OR two stanzas of ABBA/ACCDDC.

THE CHALLENGE PART:

The prompt word given (in the post heading) must appear at the end of one of the given rhyme lines given (in the post heading), either A, B, C, or D. Let’s say for an EXAMPLE we use the word (STABLE) in the D line. ALWAYS DEFER TO THE WORD AND RHYME LINE IN THE POST HEADING. Sometimes I might miss changing those spots in the challenge post.
The other rhyme line(s) should rhyme with the given word (STABLE). Then the other (D) line should rhyme. Words such as Able, Cable, and Fable.
Once you complete your poem pingback and/or copy/paste your post link into the comments blow.

Our Youth Need…

The young have not been so lucky,
their world defined by death and rage,
We had freedom, they have a cage,
locked up safe from the dying spree.

The fool and wisdom disagree,
on how to save democracy.
Our youth drown in hypocrisy,
as blue label fights red label.
They need foundations firm…stable,
with no games of bureaucracy.

ONCE YOU COMPLETE YOUR POEM PINGBACK AND/OR COPY/PASTE YOUR LINK INTO THE COMMENTS BELOW.

That way other people can visit your post and check out your poem.
You can also put the link of this challenge in your post to let your followers know where to go if they want to participate. This is called a Pingback. This is not mandatory to join in or to put your post link in the comments. Click HERE to find out how to do a Pingback.
Reblogging is great as well.

Some people like to copy and paste the challenge image into their posts. That’s okay with me.

Sites to help:

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Décima Challenge 35 Poets Collected

December 16, 2020December 16, 2020 Ronovan Décim Poetry Challenge Decima Poetry, Poetry, Poetry Community, Poetry Links, Rhyming Poetry, Ronovan Writes Decima Challenge Poets, Try a new poetry style, Writing Prompt Results

12 Poets from last week’s challenge of KNOCK and their Décimas. All links open in a new window when clicked on.

We had several of a holiday season and along with that vein the true overall why the holiday should be celebrated and honestly how one can be a complete part of it.

All the poems are great this week and deserve a visit and read. Not one is weak. Sometimes we kind of make our missteps but not this time.

Some poems that were outside the holiday theme that stood out this week:

MUST READS

The Dressmaker by Arthur Richardson

Lost at Birth by Nima Mohan

Ruby by the Willowy one herself Dot

Ritu Bhathal | But I Smile Anyway…: Do You Believe?

Larry Trasciatti | EASTELMHURST.A.GO.GO: The Wraiths

http://www.engleson.ca

The Visitor

I hear the ticking of the clock,
time chiming away in the night,
shadows swaying in the moonlight,
the chatter of night sounds: night talk.

Barely awake, there comes a knock,
A stranger in the forest, lost,
disoriented, chilled from frost,
And so, a late-night rum toddy,
A winter thaw of the body,
A COVID kindness, a bridge crossed.

Bob Fairfield: https://bobfairfield.org/2020/12/09/ronovan-writes-decima-challenge-35/

Frank Hubeny | Poetry, Short Prose and Walking: Knocking

Dr. Crystal Grimes | Mystical Strings: The Open Door

Rant Along: RONOVAN WRITES : Knock | Two on a Rant

Revived Writer: A Knock on the Door

Arthur Richardson | Poems, Polemicks and Licks: The Dressmaker

Ronovan Writes: Do they know…

Nima Mohan | The Tenth Zodiac: Lost at Birth

willowdot21: Ruby

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Do they know… – A poem.

December 11, 2020December 11, 2020 Ronovan Decima Poetry Bah Humbug, Christmas, Christmas Poetry, Decima Poetry, Holiday Poetry, Kids and Christmas Poem, Poetry, Rhyme, school anxiety, The meaning of Christmas

Do they know…

Ever closer ticktocks the clock,
nearing the minute, the hour,
of the day some think sweet, some sour.
All wait to glimpse the holy frock.

Tots faking sleep wait for the knock,
be it on the roof or the door,
as long as they get more, more, more.
Don’t fret to wrap in bows or twine,
cause all you’ll hear is mine, mine, mine.
Don’t they know why the day is for?

How to write an Espinela or Décima poem.

My entry for this week’s Décima Poetry Challenge NO. 35 KNOCK.

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Ronovan Writes Décima Poetry Challenge Prompt No. 35: (KNOCK) in the A rhyme line.

December 9, 2020December 8, 2020 Ronovan Décim Poetry Challenge Creative Outlet, Decima Poetry, Espinela Poetry, Fun, Poetry Challenge, Poetry Prompt, Rhyme Poetry, Serious, Spanish Origin Poetry, Vicente Espinel, Weekly Challenge, Writing Inspiration, Writing Prompt

You may, if you wish, make some kind of link between the Haiku Challenge prompt of (CURL and Paw). and this Décima Challenge of KNOCK in the A rhyme line. This means you could write a haiku post using the prompt words. Then do a Décima post using this week’s prompt uniting the two with a common message.

The 2 CHALLENGES are SEPARATE but CAN BE combined if YOU CHOOSE to do so.

For last week’s Décima Poets’ poems written for the prompt for STABLE, click HERE for all their links in one post. A good opportunity to check out some examples of Décima.

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 an Espinela or Décima Poem.

THE QUICK DESCRIPTION OF HOW TO WRITE A DÉCIMA:

There are 10 lines of poetry that rhyme.
8 syllables per line.
There is a SET RHYMING PATTERN we must stick to. ABBAACCDDC OR two stanzas of ABBA/ACCDDC.

THE CHALLENGE PART:

The prompt word given (in the post heading) must appear at the end of one of the given rhyme lines given (in the post heading), either A, B, C, or D. Let’s say for an EXAMPLE we use the word (STABLE) in the D line. ALWAYS DEFER TO THE WORD AND RHYME LINE IN THE POST HEADING. Sometimes I might miss changing those spots in the challenge post.
The other rhyme line(s) should rhyme with the given word (STABLE). Then the other (D) line should rhyme. Words such as Able, Cable, and Fable.
Once you complete your poem pingback and/or copy/paste your post link into the comments blow.

Our Youth Need…

The young have not been so lucky,
their world defined by death and rage,
We had freedom, they have a cage,
locked up safe from the dying spree.

The fool and wisdom disagree,
on how to save democracy.
Our youth drown in hypocrisy,
as blue label fights red label.
They need foundations firm…stable,
with no games of bureaucracy.

ONCE YOU COMPLETE YOUR POEM PINGBACK AND/OR COPY/PASTE YOUR LINK INTO THE COMMENTS BELOW.

That way other people can visit your post and check out your poem.
You can also put the link of this challenge in your post to let your followers know where to go if they want to participate. This is called a Pingback. This is not mandatory to join in or to put your post link in the comments. Click HERE to find out how to do a Pingback.
Reblogging is great as well.

Some people like to copy and paste the challenge image into their posts. That’s okay with me.

Sites to help:

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Décima Challenge 34 Poets Collected

December 9, 2020December 8, 2020 Ronovan Décim Poetry Challenge Decima Poetry, Life, Love, Poetry, Poetry Community, Poetry Links, Politics, Religion, Rhyming Poetry, Ronovan Writes Decima Challenge Poets, Satire, Try a new poetry style, Writing Prompt Results

12 Poets from last week’s challenge of STABLE and their Décimas. All links open in a new window when clicked on.

Nice

Ritu Bhathal | But I Smile Anyway…: Nativity

Larry Trasciatti | EASTELMHURST.A.GO.GO: Winter And Spring

http://www.engleson.ca

Day Dream

This morning fog consumes the sky,
lustrous dreams swallowed in haze,
a portent of loss, an end of days,
a slow sweep slippage into nigh.

But I choose not to let time fly
beyond my grasp, outside my ken.
With every breath, I breathe life in,
achieve new ground, fresh, strong, stable,
extend my reach, my life’s fable.
my spirit, my mind, and my Zen.

Frank Hubeny | Poetry, Short Prose and Walking: Décimas #1 Stable and #2 Truthful Hope

Mindfills: travels in the wild

MMA Storytime: The Elite Squad

Dr. Crystal Grimes | Mystical Strings: Self-deception

Ranting Along: https://rantingalong.blog/2020/12/03/23837/

Arthur Richardson | Poems, Polemicks and Licks: Tripping with the Magi Power Tower

Ronovan Writes: Our Youth Need

The Tenth Zodiac: Unfamous Heir

willowdot21: Banished

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Our Youth Need – A poem.

December 3, 2020December 3, 2020 Ronovan Decima Poetry Covid-19, Decima Poetry, our youth's future, pandemic stress, Poetry, political stress, Politics, Quarantine, Rhyme, school anxiety, youth fear of death, Youth Mental Health, youtth anxiety

Our Youth Need…

The young have not been so lucky,
their world defined by death and rage,
We had freedom, they have a cage,
locked up safe from the dying spree.

The fool and wisdom disagree,
on how to save democracy.
Our youth drown in hypocrisy,
as blue label fights red label.
They need foundations firm…stable,
with no games of bureaucracy.

I wrote this poem in part because of my son. A couple of months ago he came in contact with a classmate who had Covid-19. That of course meant he had to be quarantined. We all wore masks…because he’s a 16-year-old boy who forgets what meal of the day he’s eating. Meaning there was no way we were trusting him to wear a mask all the time. Things at school went downhill from there, well not all downhill, but a class here or there. He had to do remote learning and some teachers didn’t know how to use the equipment very well, and you can’t really learn Chemistry all that well from what is basically a skype call.

One teacher is a bit of a difficult one, and the boy has been stressed more than we realized. He was out two days sick, not from anything, just mentally psyched out and throwing up for two days. It turns out he has the hardest class schedule in his entire school, and it’s a college prep school. Imagine having 1 AP class, meaning a college credit class, the hardest class in the school, 3 Honors classes, and the rest College Prep classes except for Band where he’s an officer and section leader.

What we didn’t know was that while he was quarantined he was constantly worried he might end up with something that could potentially kill him. That on top of trying to keep up with two weeks of classwork and tests.

Anyway, that’s where we are. Just trying to get to winter break and a clean slate begins. We just hope his current slate isn’t a shattered mess. For a boy who has been identified as gifted, and identified as a Duke Tip student, and been in the national junior honor society and now Beta Club, this has been a huge blow for him.

How to write an Espinela or Décima poem.

Whether you enjoyed my poem or not, please click the link below to head to this week’s challenge page and visit some of the loyal in the comments who keep coming back to write using this style of poetry that is so accomodating to different ideas and more difficult than you may think to write. And it’s a great feeling to know you’re writing in a style created hundreds of years ago in Spain.

My entry for this week’s Décima Poetry Challenge NO. 34 STABLE.

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Ronovan Writes Décima Poetry Challenge Prompt No. 34: (STABLE) in the D rhyme line.

December 2, 2020December 2, 2020 Ronovan Décim Poetry Challenge Creative Outlet, Decima Poetry, Espinela Poetry, Fun, Poetry Challenge, Poetry Prompt, Rhyme Poetry, Serious, Spanish Origin Poetry, Vicente Espinel, Weekly Challenge, Writing Inspiration, Writing Prompt

I know, I know, it’s D rhyme week. I always have difficulty with this one. But then again, if you’ve read my Décimas, you know I have a problem with all of the rhyme weeks. Plus, this week I give you a two-syllable word, but I looked up the rhymes. There aren’t a lot, but the ones we do have are pretty good.

You may, if you wish, make some kind of link between the Haiku Challenge prompt of (GRACE and Slip). and STABLE. This means you could write a haiku post using the prompt words. Then do a Décima using this week’s prompt uniting the two with a common message.

The 2 CHALLENGES are SEPARATE but CAN BE combined if YOU CHOOSE to do so.

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 an Espinela or Décima Poem.

Or…

Keep reading and find out, with an example included.

To last week’s links Décima Poets’ poems written for the prompt for BLIND, click HERE for all the links in one post. A good opportunity to check out some examples of Décima.

THE CHALLENGE

Sites to help:

Here is the quick description of a Décima:

There are 10 lines of poetry that rhyme. 8 syllables.
There is a set rhyming pattern we must stick to. abbaaccddc

The prompt word given (in the post heading) must appear at the end of one of the given rhyme lines, either A, B, C, or D.

Let’s look at the rhyme pattern once again and you will see what I mean.

The rhyming pattern is abbaaccddc with a choice of a break between lines 4 and 5, then being abba accddc, which I use in my example below.

For example, if I say in the subject line of the post:

“…(FALL) This week it’s the B rhyme line.”

my Décima might be…

NO!

As the end wept upon the land,

we could hear the approaching fall.

Justice answered the trumpet’s call,

trusting the fight to her troop’s hand.

Fate trembles with haste to expand,

through misdeeds by her shameless foe.

Past foolish decisions now crow,

“Wait—no—this was not meant to be.”

They beg the nation, “Hear our plea.

Heal honor, shout, no…no… NO!”

Notice the example prompt word ‘FALL’ is in line 2, the first B line, and its rhyme is in line 3, matching the rhyming pattern of abba accddc.

For today’s challenge, the word STABLE must be one of the D line words. Then the other D line(s) word(s) must rhyme with STABLE.

Sometimes you break the rhyme into two stanzas using the following rhyme pattern. abba/accddc.

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 the link of this challenge in your post to let your followers know where to go if they want to participate. This is called a Pingback. This is not mandatory to join in or to put your post link in the comments. Click HERE to find out how to do a Pingback.

Reblogging is great as well.

Some people like to copy and paste the challenge image into their posts. That’s okay with me.

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Décima Challenge 33 Poets Collected

December 2, 2020December 2, 2020 Ronovan Décim Poetry Challenge Decima Poetry, Poetry, Poetry Community, Poetry Links, Rhyming Poetry, Ronovan Writes Decima Challenge Poets, Try a new poetry style, Writing Prompt Results

14 Poets with 3 NEW POET BLOGS from last week’s challenge of BLIND and their Décimas. All links open in a new window when clicked on.

Some titles of the poems are chosen by me. So don’t blame the poet if it makes no sense with the actual poem. Great takes on the theme. Nice to see some new blogs taking part and a couple of the original Haiku Challenge poets from years ago joining in.

Ritu Bhathal | But I Smile Anyway…: The Daily Grind

NEW POETRY BLOG TO THE CHALLENGE

Linda Lee Lyberg | Charmed Chaos: Of Liquid Memories and Tears

Larry Trasciatti | EASTELMHURST.A.GO.GO: Black Times

http://www.engleson.ca

Pickleball Blues

A small thing really, almost trite,
A privileged sort, COVID immune
But now we’re singing a new tune,
Though we know our case is quite…slight.

“We planned it well; almost airtight,
The best protocols you could find,
a thoughtful plan, we were not blind
to risk, to spread, it’s viral way.”
Sweet Pickleball, one more delay;
Were you a dream, a state of mind?

Bob Fairfield: A philosopher’s foible

JosieHolfFord.com

NEW POETRY BLOG TO THE CHALLENGE

Blind

Old Gloucester in Shakespeare’s King Lear –
Quite the wanton lad in his youth –
Was just like Lear, blind to the truth.
His good son Edgar sent away
While evil Edmund has his way.
Gloucester has eyes but he is blind
He loses sight, Lear his mind.
Scenes painful and anarchic
The play’s effect – most cathartic:
To death and loss we are resigned

Frank Hubeny | Poetry, Short Prose and Walking: Tears To Leave Behind

Laurie McHarrie @ The Hidden Edge: Blind

MMA Storytime: Rules Are Meant to Be Broken

Dr. Crystal Grimes | Mystical Strings: Oasis

Revived Writer: Was Blind But Now I See

Arthur Richardson | Poems, Polemicks and Licks: A Way

Two on a Rant: Ronovan Writes Poetry Challenge : Decima & Haiku | Two on a Rant

NEW POETRY BLOG TO THE CHALLENGE

willowdot21: Ronovan Writes Décima Poetry Challenge Prompt No. 33: (BLIND) in the C rhyme line. | willowdot21

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Décima Challenge 32 Poets Collected

November 25, 2020November 25, 2020 Ronovan Décim Poetry Challenge Decima Poetry, Poetry, Poetry Community, Poetry Links, Rhyming Poetry, Ronovan Writes Decima Challenge Poets, Try a new poetry style, Writing Prompt Results

12 Poets from last week’s challenge of SLEEP and their Décimas. All links open in a new window when clicked on.

Sleep led to many different interpretations this time. I know poetry should be that way, but often with such polarizing times in the world thoughts run along the same paths. This week we branched out from politics to slumber, to some complete nonsense (waving my hand on that last one).

CSNelson | Don’t Forget the Half: Let’s Be Better Humans

Larry Trasciatti | EASTELMHURST.A.GO.GO: Apple Tea

http://www.engleson.ca

Vaccine Love

The dark snakes in, the dusk is frost,
The wind is fierce, the snow is deep.
My heart pumps slow, a restless sleep,
The covers creased, dreams nightmare-tossed.

We have paid a ferocious cost,
This Covid war, lost dividends,
of joy, of breath, my foes, my friends,
as ‘cross the globe the virus spreads.
Sweet vaccine thoughts invade our heads;
seeking innoculated ends.

Frank Hubeny | Poetry, Short Prose and Walking: Nightmares on the Gentlest Tier of Hell

Kat Myrman | Like Mercury Colliding: dare to hope

Mindfills: https://mindfills.wordpress.com/2020/11/21/fizz-a-decina/

MMA Storytime: Knockout!

Dr. Crystal Grimes | Mystical Strings: Mystical Strings

Revived Writer: Lullaby To Open Eyes

Arthur Richardson | Poems, Polemicks and Licks: Penitence

Ronovan Writes: Only One Mutton

willowdot21: Tides of Madness

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Ronovan Writes Décima Poetry Challenge Prompt No. 33: (BLIND) in the C rhyme line.

November 25, 2020November 25, 2020 Ronovan Décim Poetry Challenge Creative Outlet, Decima Poetry, Espinela Poetry, Fun, Poetry Challenge, Poetry Prompt, Rhyme Poetry, Serious, Spanish Origin Poetry, Vicente Espinel, Weekly Challenge, Writing Inspiration, Writing Prompt

You may, if you wish, make some kind of link between the Haiku Challenge prompt of (LIFE and View). and BLIND.

The 2 CHALLENGES are SEPARATE but CAN BE combined if YOU CHOOSE to do so.

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 an Espinela or Décima Poem.

Or…

Keep reading and find out, with an example included.

To last week’s links Décima Poets’ poems written for the prompt for SLEEP, click HERE for all the links in one post. A good opportunity to check out some examples of Décima.

THE CHALLENGE

Sites to help:

Here is the quick description of a Décima:

There are 10 lines of poetry that rhyme. 8 syllables.
There is a set rhyming pattern we must stick to. abbaaccddc

The prompt word given (in the post heading) must appear at the end of one of the given rhyme lines, either A, B, C, or D.

Let’s look at the rhyme pattern once again and you will see what I mean.

The rhyming pattern is abbaaccddc with a choice of a break between lines 4 and 5, then being abba accddc, which I use in my example below.

For example, if I say in the subject line of the post:

“…(FALL) This week it’s the B rhyme line.”

my Décima might be…

NO!

As the end wept upon the land,

we could hear the approaching fall.

Justice answered the trumpet’s call,

trusting the fight to her troop’s hand.

Fate trembles with haste to expand,

through misdeeds by her shameless foe.

Past foolish decisions now crow,

“Wait—no—this was not meant to be.”

They beg the nation, “Hear our plea.

Heal honor, shout, no…no… NO!”

Notice the example prompt word ‘FALL’ is in line 2, the first B line, and its rhyme is in line 3, matching the rhyming pattern of abba accddc.

For today’s challenge, the word BLIND must be one of the C line words. Then the other C line(s) word(s) must rhyme with BLIND.

Sometimes you break the rhyme into two stanzas using the following rhyme pattern. abba/accddc.

Reblogging is great as well.

Some people like to copy and paste the challenge image into their posts. That’s okay with me.

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Only One Mutton – A poem.

November 20, 2020December 2, 2020 Ronovan Decima Poetry Decima Poetry, Donald Trump, Election 2020, Election 2020 poetry, Espinela, Fun Poetry, humor poetry, Lost Dignity, Melania Trump, Paula White, Poetry, Politics, Rhyme

Only One Mutton

My mind is a turbine of plots,

to the point, it is hard to sleep.

I count blessings, instead of sheep,

But Shaun slays them, with dreaded baaaahhhhhts.
They return, Shaun must lance alots,

or be he served to a glutton,

for he’s nothin’…but mutton,

Fear not, Lamb Chop comes unafraid,

wielding her magic sheering blade.

She shouts, “There can be only one.”

I bet you never thought stop animation and sock puppets could star in a slasher story, huh?

Some explaining to do, for those young folk out there. This didn’t start out as a pop culture, walk down memory lane thing, but with my first line and the word sleep as the prompt? It got away from me. I put links in for the various things that people might need a reference to. Another link is for Shari Lewis. You can watch Highlander: The Movie in the US here, on Tubitv.com for free with ads. Or here on Vudu.com for free with ads. It’s one of my favorites. I use both sites regularly. They are safe. No problems. You just set up a free account. Vudu used to be attached to Walmart.

How to write an Espinela or Décima poem.

My entry for this week’s Décima Poetry Challenge NO. 32 SLEEP.

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Ronovan Writes Décima Poetry Challenge Prompt No. 32: (SLEEP) in the B rhyme line.

November 18, 2020November 18, 2020 Ronovan Décim Poetry Challenge Creative Outlet, Decima Poetry, Espinela Poetry, Fun, Poetry Challenge, Poetry Prompt, Rhyme Poetry, Serious, Spanish Origin Poetry, Vicente Espinel, Weekly Challenge, Writing Inspiration, Writing Prompt

You may, if you wish, make some kind of link between the Haiku Challenge prompt of (EBB & Flow). and SLEEP.

The 2 CHALLENGES are SEPARATE but CAN BE combined if YOU CHOOSE to do so.

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 an Espinela or Décima Poem.

Or…

Keep reading and find out, with an example included.

To last week’s links Décima Poets’ poems written for the prompt for ONE, click HERE for all the links in one post. A good opportunity to check out some examples of Décima.

THE CHALLENGE

Sites to help:

Here is the quick description of a Décima:

There are 10 lines of poetry that rhyme. 8 syllables.
There is a set rhyming pattern we must stick to. abbaaccddc

The prompt word given (in the post heading) must appear at the end of one of the given rhyme lines, either A, B, C, or D.

Let’s look at the rhyme pattern once again and you will see what I mean.

The rhyming pattern is abbaaccddc with a choice of a break between lines 4 and 5, then being abba accddc, which I use in my example below.

For example, if I say in the subject line of the post:

“…(FALL) This week it’s the B rhyme line.”

my Décima might be…

NO!

As the end wept upon the land,

we could hear the approaching fall.

Justice answered the trumpet’s call,

trusting the fight to her troop’s hand.

Fate trembles with haste to expand,

through misdeeds by her shameless foe.

Past foolish decisions now crow,

“Wait—no—this was not meant to be.”

They beg the nation, “Hear our plea.

Heal honor, shout, no…no… NO!”

Notice the example prompt word ‘FALL’ is in line 2, the first B line, and its rhyme is in line 3, matching the rhyming pattern of abba accddc.

For today’s challenge, the word SLEEP must be one of the B line words. Then the other B line(s) word(s) must rhyme with SLEEP.

Sometimes you break the rhyme into two stanzas using the following rhyme pattern. abba/accddc.

Reblogging is great as well.

Some people like to copy and paste the challenge image into their posts. That’s okay with me.

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Décima Challenge 31 Poets Collected

November 18, 2020November 18, 2020 Ronovan Décim Poetry Challenge Decima Poetry, Poetry, Poetry Community, Poetry Links, Rhyming Poetry, Ronovan Writes Decima Challenge Poets, Try a new poetry style, Writing Prompt Results

12 Poets from last week’s challenge of ONE and their Décimas. All links open in a new window when clicked on.

If you like quiet tequila nights, disastrous endings, and even some lovin’, you’ve come to the right place. Visit these 12 poets and find a style of poetry you may not have read before, even though you think you have. There are so many forms of poetry and this one is a cultural one for the Latin culture originating in Spain and continues to be important today in social, political messages and especially in Latin music.

Larry Trasciatti | EASTELMHURST.A.GO.GO: True Love

http://www.engleson.ca

One…And Lost

The night has come, the day is done.
they sleep the sleep of nevermore.
The sleep of peace, the sleep of war:
Both are the same, an endless one.

Never again to feel the sun,
the song of love, the joy of tears,
no highs, no lows, no dreams, no fears.
consigned to cold and endless terms
of rain, of mud, of frost, of worms!
Sweet lives lost, in timeless arrears.

Frank Hubeny | Poetry, Short Prose and Walking: One Lap Too Many

Laurie McHarrie @ The Hidden Edge: Children in Need

Kat Myrman | Like Mercury Colliding: only one

Mindfills: Dream Up

Christine Bialczak | Stine Writing: The Tequila Farmer

Mystical Strings: Inner Voice

Revived Writer: Décima

Arthur Richardson | Poems, Polemicks and Licks: The Metaphysics of Love

Ronovan Writes: Tanning Buns and Big Mac Runs Yeah, I apologize to poets everywhere for this one.

willowdot21: Ronovan Writes Décima Poetry Challenge Prompt No. 31: (ONE) in the A rhyme line. | willowdot21

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10 Poets from last week’s challenge of BASH and their Décimas. All links open in a new window when clicked on.

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The 2 CHALLENGES are SEPARATE but CAN BE combined if YOU CHOOSE to do so.

For last week’s Décima Poets’ poems written for the prompt for STAR, click HERE for all their links in one post. A good opportunity to check out some examples of Décima.

****WELCOME TO THE DÉCIMA POETRY CHALLENGE****

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10 Poets and 1 NEW POET from last week’s challenge of STAR and their Décimas. All links open in a new window when clicked on.

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The 2 CHALLENGES are SEPARATE but CAN BE combined if YOU CHOOSE to do so.

For last week’s Décima Poets’ poems written for the prompt for GIFT, click HERE for all their links in one post. A good opportunity to check out some examples of Décima.

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12 Poets from last week’s challenge of GIFT and their Décimas. All links open in a new window when clicked on.

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The 2 CHALLENGES are SEPARATE but CAN BE combined if YOU CHOOSE to do so.

For last week’s Décima Poets’ poems written for the prompt for KNOCK, click HERE for all their links in one post. A good opportunity to check out some examples of Décima.

****WELCOME TO THE DÉCIMA POETRY CHALLENGE****

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12 Poets from last week’s challenge of KNOCK and their Décimas. All links open in a new window when clicked on.

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ONCE YOU COMPLETE YOUR POEM PINGBACK AND/OR COPY/PASTE YOUR LINK INTO THE COMMENTS BELOW.

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12 Poets from last week’s challenge of STABLE and their Décimas. All links open in a new window when clicked on.

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14 Poets with 3 NEW POET BLOGS from last week’s challenge of BLIND and their Décimas. All links open in a new window when clicked on.

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12 Poets from last week’s challenge of SLEEP and their Décimas. All links open in a new window when clicked on.

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12 Poets from last week’s challenge of ONE and their Décimas. All links open in a new window when clicked on.

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