(A Parenthetic Poem can be read from the botton up as well as the usual top to bottom.... Notice the formula of 1 -2 -3- 4 words or syl. <br /> <br />Free <br />Wings spread <br />Perched on flower <br />Beautiful things <br />Butterfly heading to <br />Sky of clouds and sunlight <br />Fearing not even heaven <br /> <br />(now read from bottom up starting with...Fearing not even heaven... <br />Sky of clouds and sunlight....etc. <br /> <br />Try writing one<br /><br />Dorothy (Alves) Holmes<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/an-exercise-in-poetry-a-parenthetic-poem/
