#reverse poetry

[alectohowl]

You said he wasn't your friend, but he knew everything about us, now that it isn't spring anymore, winter seems a lot bitter, but deja vu's tracing me again, he's texting me, my heart likes it, but its too much like before, he texts like you did, liking my posts, telling me I should smile more, I'm terrified, My head tells me to run, He isn't you, He's got pain in his eyes, I'm still scared, I'm not getting hurt again, I won't push you away. Do I? READ THIS FORWARD...itll sound a little romantic...read it from the bottom up it sounds like a thriller?

[fromnefelibata]

REAP WHAT THE SHADOWS SOW

An Unconventional Poem by Princess Ericka Serrano

This land has no hope for tomorrow So no one can tell our children that We fought until every vein had popped out We know that Our dreams are meaningless and shallow So, do not force us to believe that Someday, we will witness every sunrise and every sunset And we dare to say — We will be the sun watching over the land of the morning We won't be there, and we know that The blood we shed will be put in vain A refusal to trust that The lives the shadows stole will be redeemed; For there is Nothing in store Do not believe that there will be A just and a belonging society One that is accepting — That we will bloom a loving future It is true We failed to grow with grief and hope So they can't tell us that For we already know We are not watered by the tears of the land They can't say that We are not dust that will soon vanish in despair They think it's a lie — They didn't know we were seeds They tried to bury us (Now read each line again from bottom to top)

[byrnagee]

I also wrote a crisana reverse poem - read it forwards for Cris' perspective and then read it backwards for Joana's. I'll post the punctuated versions of each in the tags to make it flow more... hope you like it, cris and joana are so special to me 💜 let me know what you think!

" Fear

The

Quiet

Starts

When it

Gets too loud

This volume

Is welcome

Silence

Anything but that

Call me

Crazy

But I’m not

Paranoid

I’m

Confident,

But you make me

Shy

I’m pretty

Sure of that

You seem to be

There for me

Always

You are

Fascinating

It’s truly

Intriguing

That people think I’m

So basic

I have feelings and it’s

Frustrating

To hide them away, but

It’s not easy

Maybe

I could see it all

With you

No room for that

Doubt -

Filled with

Love

And

Always

Prevails

My heart

And

Your heart

Bound together - "

[damefortress]

The Beautiful Mask

by DameFortress

I'm not proud of who I am.

I will never say again,

I'm more than good enough.

I should have known in myself that,

Nobody will ever love and accept me for who I am.

I would be mistaken if I say,

There's someone who already loves me and really cares for me.

Because if I will think about it,

I have to change myself, for them to like me.

That's why there's no need to believe that,

I can be beautiful in my own way.

Because I know,

I should try to be someone else.

And it would be crazy to think that,

Everything about me is something to be proud of.

(Never think that way my dear, try to read it again from the bottom line to the top and you will find out something beautiful.)

[odessa-system]

I am not who you think I am

A poem about how it feels to tell someone that you’re a system: 

... now read it backwards (from the bottom, up)  (also in celebration of 200 followers I guess) 

[wafflewarrior111]

(This is reverse poetry. First you read it normally, then you read it going up but still left to right. It took me awhile to cook this up, but I managed!)

Your Ghosts Haunt You Anyway

You'll move on

You'll get better

You'll be happy again

But just remember

People love rumors

Because

All those claims are lies

You've killed

You're a monster

You'll never heal

If they tell you

You're good enough

Forget it

Tell yourself

About the pains and aches

The bruises and bites

The blood on your hands

And you'll have finally forgotten

How to smile

Just remember

There's no hope

Don't listen when people say

Life gets better

It doesn't

Life punishes

You may think

You can push past this

But what does that matter

Your ghosts haunt you anyway

[poetry-cafe]

World History

A poem that can be read both forward and backwards (Reverse Poetry)

Within history many things have happened.

The dinosaurs- they didn't last long.

Then people happened- they've lasted for sometime

The Paleolithic era: (old Stone Age)

The humans were nomadic- moving place to place

Hunting for every meal, dying quickly of sickness, dying during childbirth and of animal attacks

Then the Neolithic era happened (new Stone Age)

Humans began to settle down. This was thanks to the agriculture revolution.

Humans began to farm crops and domesticate animals instead of moving with the animals.

Thus the patriarchy was born.

[arkienesanity29]

Repulsion

You disgust me.

And never will I utter the words              

I love you. And I

Never wanted to be yours.

Just because I was confused doesn’t mean I

Have deep feelings for you.

All the moments we shared only meant that I

Just stuck around out of pity.

All this time never have I

Imagined myself to be with you.

Because in my heart, I’ve always

Wanted to be far from your reach.

And all my life, I’ve never

Been such a disgrace and disappointment.

Who and what you are has never

Really caught my eyes and attention, and

Your beauty and charm

Doesn’t even amount to anything.

The doubts and fears when I’m with you

Is so overwhelming that I can’t even breathe.

The love you have for me

Is nothing but a lie.

I hate you.

Just leave me.

If I have to beg, then please, don’t

Stay

*Now read it from the bottom

- Arks.D