Summer Storm

The wind howls through the trees
The wind howls through the trees
Every leaf is shaken
Every leaf is shaken
Wind shaken through the leaves
Wind shaken through the leaves

Star hides behind the cloud
Star hides behind the cloud
Fearful of the storm's rage
Fearful of the storm's rage
Cloud hides the fearful rage
Cloud hides the fearful rage

Green leaves fall like raindrops
Green leaves fall like raindrops
Littering the landscape
Littering the landscape
Green raindrops littering
Green raindrops littering

Every leaf, fearful, hides
The wind howls, the storms rage
The star, trees, cloud of green
Shaken raindrops fall
Leaves littering behind
Like the landscape is through

(This paradelle was written in the modified form with 6 syllables per line and the 5th and 6th line of each of the first three stanzas repeating.)

(A paradelle is an interesting modern poetic form that began as a joke by writer Billy Collins who passed it off as a "little-known French poetic form".  Other writers tried it out, often with hilarious results. 

To learn more about the paradelle, look for "The Paradelle:  An Anthology" edited by Theresa M. Welford, featuring "A Brief History of the Paradelle" by Billy Collins.  It was published by Red Hen Press and is available online in PDF format.  Just enter "paradelle" in the search box and it should come up as one of the first couple of choices.)