A Sontina?: Prompt

Yes, a sontina. It is a form of poetry that I invented. As far as I know, the poem I posted on my blog today, Xarpo, is the only sontina in existence.

A sontina is a mix of a sonnet and a sestina!

Here are the rules so you can try a sontina (which spellcheck keeps changing to fontina). Write lots of them, send them out into the world, and let's get the sontina ball rolling!

Format: 14 lines in 3 stanzas (a sonnet's 14 lines and a sestina's use of stanzas)

End words: the first 2 stanzas follo...