Sunflower Morning (a Ducuain poem)

Sunflower Morning (a Ducuain poem)

I raise my head; I’m ready for the day.
The sun calls out; I greet it happily.
My arms stretch out like petals in array
My body fills with boundless energy.

“All rise and shine!” the sun cries its decree.
I lift and stretch, my body standing tall.
The day is young; my spirit wild and free.
I yearn to see, to touch, to know it all.

The sun, the sky, the future summon me …
There’s so much more beyond I want to see.

rhyme scheme: ababbcbcbb


**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, quadruple, etc. Decuain.
(All stanzas must have the same rhyme scheme as the first.)