Day 365:

June 30-It’s tough to figure out what to write as the last poem for this year-long project.  D.S. Teller suggested writing a final poem with one of the forms already shown. Then keep a promise to write another blog organizing the poetic forms by region, or style. I decided to make the last poem for this blog to be a Paradelle, a humorous form created by Billy Collins, it was a parody of the Villanelle. Full of nonsense, this fun form aptly closes this blog.

Stanzaic, a poem in 4 sixains, meter and rhyme at poet’s discretion, but the first 3 stanzas must be identical in form. Written with repetition, L1 of each  of the first 3 stanzas is repeated in L2 and L3 is repeated in L4. L5 and L6 are written using every word from L1-L4, no additions, no subtractions. The fourth stanza is composed of every word used in the preceding 3 stanzas with no additions, no subtractions, no need to do repeats like the first 3 stanzas.

Title: Silly Love Songs

Silly love songs drive me loopy

Silly love songs drive me loopy

Crazy words, with parody

Crazy words, with parody

Crazy, silly, loopy love songs

Drive me with parody words.

Lovely lasses look ahead

Lovely lasses look ahead

Kisses and hugs needed

Kisses and hugs needed

Kisses and hugs look ahead

Lovely lasses needed.

Call the music forward

Call the music forward

And wish me luck

And wish to me luck

Call me forward

And to wish the music luck.

Silly love songs with crazy words

Kisses and hugs drive lovely lasses

Wish parody to look ahead

Luck needed forward

Call me the music

And me loopy.