Troubling Thoughts(Palindrome)

by Jad   Sep 11, 2010


Thoughts killing
dreams, desires and hope
relentlessly attacking
forming nightmares
again

Again
nightmares forming
attacking relentlessly
hope, desire and dreams
killing thoughts

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A palindrome, by definition, is a word, phrase, verse, sentence, or even poem that reads the same forward or backward. It stems from the Greek word palindromos: palin, meaning again, and
dromos, meaning a running. Combining the two together, the Greek meaning gives us, running back again...

Shown below are examples of the word-unit palindrome. The carefully placed words form the same sentence, whether it is read forward or backward. For example, 'Mirrored images reflect images mirrored' which includes a word in the center as a reversal point for the sentence or even the poem.

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  • 14 years ago

    by Sunshine

    JAD....u always always leave such a weird gr8 impact over me..
    this poem..I just find it very creative..and very very new for me..and brillliaantt

    the wording..ur the king!!
    the title..cant complain..
    the thoughts...hell ur no bet one of those who I admire their work!

    5/5

  • 14 years ago

    by Ronald Edwards

    Outstanding Jad, thanks for sharing

  • 14 years ago

    by Ingrid

    Hi Jad,

    I would skip one "and" and make it:
    dreams, desires and hope

    There is nothing wrong with this Palindrome, but it is a little short, other than that well done, the Palindrome is one of the most difficult formats.

    5/5 Ingrid

  • 14 years ago

    by Courageous Dreamer

    Aaah, so sorry! It must be too late for me or something to be commenting. Disregard what I said about it not reading right both ways, it makes a LOT of sense actually lol.. I'm so sorry, I rushed my comment or something! I don't see anything wrong then except for the 'and' situation! :) Well done!

  • 14 years ago

    by Courageous Dreamer

    I didn't like and between your words in that one line otherwise everything else looked fine to me. Also wasn't sure about the way you wrote it, your words worked nicely together in the first stanza yet when flipped it seemed as though it lost it's meaning. Why would dreams, and hopes and desires kill thoughts?! I understand though, it's the form that really throws a twist into the poem, the tricky part is finding the right words so that it makes sense both ways. I thought it was a nice poem however, just a few things I figured I'd point out. Nicely done..

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