Leave It To the Soupers

Treasured features soaring like a blackbird.
Conjured imagery, imaginations endlessly fostered.
Rationale stretched beyond limits, enraptured
But leave it to “Soupers” to reorder lines savored.

Structured ideas freely flowing flavored.
Logical sentences with meanings anchored.
The beginning and end shows its favored word.
Forward thinking thrives, brains bolstered.

Reasoning reversal, relentlessly awkward.
Rearward reordering renders rationale absurd.
Bestirred as to where to begin or with which word.
Creative poets to the keyboard scampered.

Rationale would plummet with logic ruptured.
Headwords would flounder, flitter, and be fractured.
Reading a poem backwards, truly absurd.
Reasoning stretched when the idea occurred.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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Mannan Avatar
June 27, 2011 at 10:49 PM
Loved it Dane. Many congrats for this win.
Brown Avatar
June 27, 2011 at 10:46 AM
Congratulations on your win in Matt's "Backwards Poem" contest Dane Ann. Love, Carol
Brown Avatar
June 27, 2011 at 10:38 AM
Congratulations on your win in Chris's "Backwards Poem" contest Dane Ann. Love, Carol
K. Avatar
June 26, 2011 at 11:26 AM
Enjoyed reading this one, Dane Ann- congrats on this witty write and way to go for the alliteration and rhyme you employed here :)
Onclaud Avatar
June 25, 2011 at 11:13 PM
congrats on this awesome win, dane.. lovely.. :) hugggs
Devonshire Avatar
May 18, 2011 at 3:34 PM
Hi dear, this is quite a great monorhyme. I agree that reading a poem backward is absurd and in some ways our reasoning is often stretched when we pursue such contests. Great poem, Hon. Love, Carolyn
Sweetheart Avatar
May 15, 2011 at 3:00 PM
A great write Dane Ann.. luv the alliteration in this and the great rhyme ..perfection once again my friend.. nice message between the lines as well luv..
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