Monday, August 8, 2011

Sacrifices (Acrostic Dectina Refrain)

She
always
cries before
returning here;
intuitively
feeling jagged sadness,
instinctively reeling, as
closeted pain, unbidden, now
escapes--anguish for the child long gone;
she always cries before returning here.


© Ginny Brannan July 2011

This poetic form is called the Acrostic Dectina, and is a variation the Dectina Refrain, created by Marion Friedenthal. The acrostic portion was added by Philip of Poet Freak. It is a 10-letter word with same first and last letters, which makes up the 10 lines of the poem. The syllable count is 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/ and 10, 10 being the first 10 syllables (or 4 lines) of the acrostic.


Shared at d'Verse Poet's Pub Open Link Night #4 8/09/11  

12 comments:

  1. mmm...working with children that have been abused, i sometimes have to go into those closets with them...tight with emo....

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  2. Great execution on the form, and plenty of feeling and expression.

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  3. Well done. My children feel that way about my house since we lost their dad. The pain of my house is almost more than they can bear. It has created a deep sorrow for me, but I won't relinquish it as my memories are happy ones.

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  4. Such an awful feeling, but wonderfully written.

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  5. What a lovely form.. haunting message as well ~

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  6. Wonderfully compact and direct. Says a great deal in so few words.

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  7. Ginny, this turned out great! Really powerful...as Brian said, tight with emotion.

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  8. This is great Ginny! Such an interesting form and you really did a great job, very emotive.

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  9. Great job! I was not familiar with this form. Will have to try it!

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  10. Wonderful use of the form, carried true depth in this piece. Great write ~ Rose

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