In 1998, Billy Collins pulled off the greatest literary practical joke in the history of the English language: he invented the paradelle. For whatever reason, Collins decided to write an intentionally bad form poem. It was done as a joke, but his friend published in The American Scholars. In keeping with that is why my last stanza is silly.

Paradelles contain simple rules:

Stanza, 1, 2, 3:

6 lines each
Lines 1 and 2 must be the same
Lines 3 and 4 must be the same
Lines 5 and must use all the words from Lines 1 and 3. No other words allowed.

Stanza 4:

6 Lines
Must use all the words of Lines 5 and 6 of the first three stanzas. No other words allowed.

Because Paradelles contain specific requirements, no deviations in formatting allowed.

Rhyme structure is optional.
Meter is optional.

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