Category: Dectina Refrain

Dectina Refrain, Haiku

Let In Calm: Dectina Refrain and Haiku

The Sicilian Storyteller

Written for Moonwashed Weekly Prompt (“hope for”)
and Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge (“impatience).
Here is my Dectina Refrain followed by a Haiku.

Image by Ingo Jakubke from Pixabay 

Fret,
Worry,
Useless fears
Swirl in our brains
Dance of impatience
When all we should hope for
Is a peaceful mind and heart
Every day is its own journey
Our destination is preordained
Fret, worry, useless fears swirl in our brains

The journey is short
No time for useless worry
Be still, let in calm

NAR©2024

Dectina Refrain:
This refrain is written as follows:
1st line – 1 syllable, 2nd line – 2 syllables
3rd line – 3 syllables, and so on for 9 lines;
the 10th line is comprised of the first four lines
as one stand-alone line.

Moonwashed Weekly Prompt – Hope for
Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge – Impatience

This is the extraordinary “Bridge Over Troubled Water” by Simon and Garfunkel

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Dectina Refrain, Haiku

Come Softly: Dectina Refrain & Haiku

The Sicilian Storyteller

Written for Jim’s Thursday Inspiration #231 –
“Come Softly To Me”. Here is my piece,
a Dectina Refrain followed by a haiku.

Do
You hear
Me tapping
On your window
Come softly darling
Sit right here beside me
Kiss my trembling fingertips
Take me in your arms and hold me
Tell me you will never let me go
Do you hear me tapping on your window

A petal soft kiss
Fluttering cherry blossoms
Love’s gentle breezes

NAR©2024

The Dectina Refrain is written as follows:
1st line is 1 syllable,
2nd line is 2 syllables,
3rd line is 3 syllables, and so on for 9 lines;
the 10th line is comprised of the first four lines
and written as one stand-alone line.

Thursday Inspiration #231 Come Softly to Me

This is “Come Softly To Me”  by the Fleetwoods

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Dectina Refrain, Poem

Resplendence: Reverse Dectina Refrain

The Sicilian Storyteller

Written for Eugi’s Moonwashed Weekly Prompt – ‘Summery’

© Anders Holmberg @ Pixabay

Gold
petals
amid the
lace of purple
lavender whimsy
dabble the lush spring grass
while the sun’s resplendent rays
herald the start of summer days
as birds and bees and bugs gently laze
Gold petals amid the lace of purple
as birds and bees and bugs gently laze
herald the start of summer days
while the sun’s resplendent rays
dabble the lush spring grass
lavender whimsy
lace of purple
amid the
petals
gold

NAR©2024

Moonwashed Weekly Prompt – Summery

This is “A Summer Song” by Chad and Jeremy

A Reverse Dectina Refrain is written as follows: 1st line is 1 syllable, 2nd line is 2 syllables, 3rd line is 3 syllables, and so on for 9 lines; the 10th line is comprised of the first four lines as one stand-alone thought. Repeat in reverse starting with line 9. Rhyming is optional.

All text, graphics and videos are copyright for The Sicilian Storyteller, The Elephant’s Trunk and The Rhythm Section and are not for use by anyone without permission. NAR©2017-present.