A palindrome is of course a word (civic, radar, rotator) or a phrase (“don’t nod,” “was it a cat I saw?”) that reads the same backwards as forwards.
As a form of constrained writing, however, palindromes can be extended to extraordinary lengths……………..
In his 2012 book, This Is A Book, the comedian and writer Demetri Martin compiled a 500-word poem that actually reads the same backwards and forwards.