14 MARCH 1987, Page 53

No. 1465: Rhopalics (sort of)

You are invited to write a poem of 10 or 12 lines in tlankish' verse in which the first line consists of four words of one, two, three and four syllables in that order, the next line of words of four, three, two and one syllables in that order, and so on according to the same pattern. Entries to `Competition No. 1465' by 27 March.