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what's going On?
what's going On?
watching
morning news
feeling like the blues
drinking
hot coffee
watching TV madness
the news
wondering
what's is going on….
Designed by Rachel Bagby, the Dekaaz is a three-line poem meant to be spoken rather than read. The structure is arranged in lines of 2, 3, 5 syllables, as described and demonstrated in the
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The Dekaaz is a new verse form meant to be voiced out loud. It is a condensed, contemporary, haiku-like verse form invented by Rachel Bagby, an award-winning vocal artist, international speaker, recording artist and author passionate about mentoring women to unleash their voices as instruments of change. She says the Dekaaz is "a modern-day incarnation of the ancient haiku put to work in everyday life."
The elements of the Dekaaz are:
1. a tristich, a poem in 3 lines
2. syllabic, 2-3-5 syllables per line
3. after writing verse, speak it out loud to someone even if the only listener is yourself (Isn't all poetry meant to be voiced out loud?)
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