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Portrait Paradelle (Other) by Enkidu

Our chances are flecks of paint, Our chances are flecks of paint, In dueling drips of bleeding angst, In dueling drips of bleeding angst. Flecks are our chances of bleeding, Dueling angst in drips of paint. Mighty the triumph of rage's hands, Mighty the triumph of rage's hands, Destroyed what crafty hearts hath built, Destroyed what crafty hearts hath built. The hearts of rage's crafty triumph, Hath built what destroyed mighty hands. I make each damning spark deliver, I make each damning spark deliver. What grows ‘round the dimming light, What grows ‘round the dimming light. The spark dimming grows damning light Each make ‘round what I deliver. Of the damning drips of triumph, Mighty chances spark in our hands, Rage’s crafty, dimming flecks are destroyed. Of each dueling light what grows, I make hearts ‘round bleeding paint, Deliver what the angst hath built.

Dovina 27-Apr-06/8:06 PM
Hats off to anyone who writes a paradelle without mistake. I find no mistakes here! And it actually makes some sense. This is not easy.

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“The paradelle is one of the more demanding French fixed forms, first appearing in love poetry of the eleventh century,” says Billy Collins. “It’s a poem of four six-line stanzas in which the first and second lines, and the third and fourth lines, of the first three stanzas, must be identical. The fifth and sixth lines, which traditionally resolve these stanzas, must use all the words from the preceding lines and only those words. The final stanza must use every word from all the preceding stanzas and only those words.” Let the others figure it out.




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