her ex’s birthday fell on halloween
her ex’s birthday fell on halloween
the road is scary place to fall in love
the road is scary place to fall in love
her halloween on road in scary fall
is place to fell the ex’s love birthday
to celebrate, they set up skeleton
to celebrate, they set up skeleton
upon front lawn with missing pumpkin head
upon front lawn with missing pumpkin head
they celebrate with pumpkin set upon
front skeleton missing lawn up to head
if truly dead, a monster will decay
if truly dead, a monster will decay
but souls may resurrect on all saints day
but souls may resurrect on all saints day
if dead souls but decay on monster day
truly a saint’s will resurrect all may
monster birthday upon ex’s dead lawn
may truly resurrect her soul’s skeleton
if missing head will celebrate all day
they set a place to saints on halloween
with in, all pumpkin love fell to decay
but fall is up front scary on the road!
NOTE: The paradelle is one of the more demanding French fixed forms, first appearing in the langue d’oc love poetry of the eleventh century. It is a poem of four six-line stanzas in which the first and second lines, as well as 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. Similarly, the final stanza must use every word from all the preceding stanzas and only those words.
This was a spoof poetry form invented by Billy Collins and re-published on dVerse Poets by Grace.
a poem in my pocket 
Nov 04, 2024 @ 10:26:37
You weave this beautifully Lynn, and with both pathos and bathos, a fine balance of macabre and humour.
Nov 04, 2024 @ 11:11:25
Thanks so much, Paul! “Bathos” was unfamiliar term for me…but it fits 😀
Nov 02, 2024 @ 11:15:51
*applause!*
I really enjoyed this one, Lynn! ‘Fun’ (as some others have noted) as exactly right to describe this read 🙂
~David
Nov 02, 2024 @ 16:41:46
Thanks for catching the (slightly morbid) humor, David 😀
Nov 01, 2024 @ 21:46:18
This was good spooky fun!
Nov 01, 2024 @ 23:23:27
Thanks!
Nov 01, 2024 @ 17:09:58
That was fun!!
Nov 01, 2024 @ 23:22:50
it was fun to write 😄
Nov 01, 2024 @ 08:00:23
Wow!! This was a thrilling read. 🙂
Nov 01, 2024 @ 10:18:36
Glad you liked it!
Nov 01, 2024 @ 06:24:18
Hi Lynn, you had me at the title already, smiles. The set up of the skeleton in the front lawn with a missing pumpkin head is scary enough. I will be probably skipping the house on Halloween night. We celebrate the All Soul this weekend. Thanks for joining in.
Nov 01, 2024 @ 10:17:49
Thanks for the interesting prompt, Grace! I had some fun with this but don’t really celebrate halloween myself. We remember Reformation Day as a church.
Nov 01, 2024 @ 02:48:50
Love it all, and I was wondering how much was spooky and how much was a revenge on the ex 🙂
Here we only celebrate all saints day (and it is always on Saturday). A good time to visit the graves and set up candles.
Nov 01, 2024 @ 10:12:47
I think you may be right about revenge! Our churches remember Reformation Day in Sunday services (Protestant churches, of course).
Oct 31, 2024 @ 20:49:44
Lynn, I really like how the final stanza shakes out in this form. Yours was definitely spooky!
Oct 31, 2024 @ 21:00:45
Thanks, Lisa…mood went madcap macabre!
Oct 31, 2024 @ 22:41:06
🙂 You’re welcome.