On December 23, my father and I visited Roosevelt’s Little White House in Warm Springs, Georgia and the geothermal springs pool that is currently awaiting restoration donations to allow springs-seeking sufferers to come soak in the healing waters and find comfort – as FDR himself found on his 41 visits. Here is a Decima, written about a photograph of an accordionist as FDR’s body passed by on its way back to Washington, D.C.
FDR Decima
Our nation mourned a President
whose portrait remains unfinished,
human spirit undiminished
grief-stricken faces evident
humanity’s fair precedents
once serious – not doublespeak
accordionist’s tear-streaked cheeks
symbolized America’s grief
inspired in us, though his legs weak
to seek the mighty, never meek
A Decima is a 10-line poem with 8 syllables per line, having rhyme scheme ABBAACCDCC
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