OH MY GOODNESS THESE ARE SO HARD TO MAKE BUT I DID IT!!!! Basically the poem reads one way forewords, and has an opposite meaning when read backwards. the form was started by a woman named Marilyn Singer, who has written two books of these poems for children. Her husband suggested they be called “reverso” poems, and that is exactly what she did. The books are absolutely genius-check them out! The first book is called “mirror, mirror” and the second is called “follow follow”.
Two Reverso Poems
gods,
the
sunrises
make
me
overcome
dark.
dark,
come
over
me.
make
sunrises
the
gods.
x x x x x x x x x
crying,
I’m
beautiful,
not
just
homely.
I’m
me.
Me:
I’m
homely,
just
not
beautiful.
I’m
crying.
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