As I work through The Roar on the Other Side this year (amazing book on poetry, 10/10 recommend) I’ve been learning all types of poetry schemes, methods, and tropes.
Some of them are fairly simple while others seem nearly impossible.
Such as writing a poem with twenty six words, each one starting with a different letter of the alphabet, descending in order from A to Z.
I have yet to try that one, but one such daunting kind was palindrome poetry, which turned out very interesting and fun to write!
I quickly discovered I couldn’t start the poem with a “the” or an “a,” or really use them at all.
Here was my first poem:
NIGHT
Darkness caught stars
with nets
maybe
or maybe nets with stars
caught darkness
I really enjoyed making it, so I tried another! (The night I wrote all these, I was amidst wading through Beowulf for school…)
BEOWULF
Hopes and memory of courage built Beowulf so
Beowulf built courage of memory and hopes.
That one was… okay, but didn’t turn out the way I had wanted it to, so I wrote a third one, which by far is my favorite.
TIME
Years waste bodies.
Our lives are frail and short.
Away slinks time.
We may understand that
Eyes and sight change.
Oh yes, we stumble.
We are wispy and hollow wind –
Hollow and wispy are we.
Stumble we, yes.
Oh change sight and eyes that
Understand may we
Time slinks away.
Short and frail are lives.
Our bodies waste years.
And so ended my little palindrome poetry session. (:
Which one do you like best?
~ evelyn ~
These are so cool! I’ve always loved palindrome poetry. My favorite is “Night”. π
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Thank you! Have you ever written palindrome poetry?
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No, I haven’t, but it looks like fun!
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You should! It is fun. π
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Yeah, maybe I’ll try when my brain isn’t fried from Camp NaNo. π
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Youβre doing Camp NaNo? Thatβs great! ππ
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Yep! π Are you doing it too?
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No… sadly. I decided it would be too much amidst preparing for my big broβs wedding. π How is it going for you? Is this your first time doing it?
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I tried it and literally felt like I fried my brain lol….
Sounds Of Blackness
Blackness of nights
Soundless with a troubled mind
A heart heavy with tears
Depressed and lonely feelings
Hopeless and restless
Aggravated and afraid
*******
Afraid and aggravated
Restless and hopeless
Feeling lonely and depressed
Tears with a heavy heart
A mind troubled with soundless nights of blackness~
Emunah
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Wow I really like that. Itβs amazing!
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I love this!! You have such talent, Evelyn. I can’t even imagine trying to do something like this! π I think the last one is my favorite…but I like all of them. So beautiful!
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Thank you Eden! π I thought the same thing… it looked so hard! But then I tried. Maybe you should too! ππ
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I love the time one! That was AMAZING!!! And yet you call yourself a “wanna-be poet”. You are already a poet!
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Aww thanks Camille! π
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Wow, these are amazing, Evelyn! I think my favorite is “Night” because it is so imaginative. π
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Thanks Brianna! πβ€οΈ
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That must have taken work! I like the last one and the first one.
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Surprisingly not as much as I was expecting when I set out to try! Those two are my favorites as well. π
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THAT IS SO COOL. β€ Yet another awesome form of poetry! I like the last one. π
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THANK YOU ππβ€οΈ
Isnβt it awesome tho?
So do I. π
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I’ve got the Roar on the Other Side after Daeus recommended it, and I love it! I read it all the way through, and I plan to go through it and do all the exercises.
This is too cool. I love the first and last!! I’m saving them!
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Isnβt it amazing? I love the book… itβs just so rich and lovely and fresh. π And itβs been such a different experience going through and doing the exercises! I hope it goes well for you. π
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Yes! It’s not baptized poetry either–she has great taste while maintaining a Christian worldview. The book introduced me to a lot of new favorites. Maybe I’ll tag you for some poetry challenges sometime. ;P
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Indeed. I appreciate the same thing about the book. In fact I am not a huge fan of specifically baptized poetry.
Yes! Please do! ππ
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Theyβre all great
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Thank you!
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i absolutely adore this style! i had no idea it existed before reading your post! might have to give it a try myself!
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You should! It was really cool to try.
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