Reverse The

Death at ends and birth from begins life

Noon is there morning after like

Night is there noon after and

Child a become you baby a from

Adolescent an become you child a from

Adult an become you adolescent an from

Plant a get you seed a from

Tree a get you plant a from

Three is two after two is one after

Thursday, Wednesday, Tuesday is Monday after

Sunday and Saturday, Friday

Day after day

April, March, February is January after

September, August, July, June, May

December and November, October

Month after month

Clock o’ three, clock o’ two, clock o’ one like progresses time

Clock the around right

Like is forward go to and

Z, Y, X, W, V, U, T, S, R, Q, P, O, N, M, L, K, J, I, H, G, F, E, D, C, B, A

Like reverse in not is life and

Etc…….W, X, Y, Z

Future to present to past from forward goes life

Tomorrow see will we and today see we yesterday from

Reverse not

Note: this poem is written deliberately in reverse to highlight the poet’s viewpoint. The structure and form is part of what the poem says, part of what it means. If you read each line in reverse you will read the poem forward. In other words, you should read from right to left instead of from left to right.