The Palinend

The Palinend the Palinend is a form of poetry that the last word of each line is spelled backwards from the last word of the line before. as such it always has an even number of lines. ideally the words are spelled exactly, but the order of the sounds is paramount, that is, deer and reed is ideal, but dear and reed are still properly within the form. Minimally there should be at least six syllables per line, and at least six lines per poem. A variation would be where the reversal would be spread across more than one word. Here is an example:  Steve Irwin, Moses’s Mom, and Me   in amongst the Nile reed she trusts what she held most dear out along the barrier reef is where he faced his fear though through this world we strut it is in God that we trust thus we discover how powerful we are in this moment, or any era if i can stay in the now then i’ve truly won In this example, the first two couplets are good examples as they have the sounds in order (but not the exact spelling)  The third couplet is weak, Strut and Trust are not exact reversals of each other.  The fourth and fifth couples are spot on. here’s another: reward the part of me most reviled is the part that will deliver so with my spirit i will tinker and together my parts will reknit so i’ll dig back into that dark drawer and there find my great reward   This one is a bit tighter, as all the pairings are exact. If you give this a try, please post a link to your effort here in the comments, or at erbiage.wordpress.com/2016/11/04/the-palinend/