Short Backwards Poems

Short Backwards Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Backwards by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Backwards by length and keyword.


Premium Member Descartes

Had It Backwards,
Too?

You'll Figure
It Out.

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HONK!

-Gray Squirrel

10-18-2025


Untitled #110 / Backwards Sliding Down

Backwards sliding down can be
scary, but fun if you
enjoy the moment and know
you will go nowhere that
you won’t already go.

Asdg Jkl'

lets say perhaps perchance
in to have a nice day searching your on second thought
kiss off
and go bend over backwards doing it

Can'T Fight Time

Through the clock
Time was fought
Winding backwards,
But still pushing us towards
That chime,
Which lies at the end of time.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Always look forward

Don't look backwards 
you don't want to see 
where you came from 
you want to keep 
looking forward 
to see where you're going


Premium Member Thought of the day

the faintest stirrings that arise
go backwards till their very root
what desires manifest heart’s sighs
examine, exhume and reboot
Form: Quatrain

Premium Member Time Travelling

Traveling zipping backwards; history’s expanding... parallels radiated blurs; eclipsing centuries.
Form: Haiku

Sugar and Depression

Sugar is highly addictive.
I eat it when feeling depressed.
Maybe it's just a coincidence
that desserts spelt backwards is stressed.

Storm Is Abrewing

Storm is abrewing

Building up fiery hot air

Dragon in disguise

Flapping its green veiny wings

Making geese fly home backwards
Form: Tanka

23-08-2026

If it be true
time ticks backwards
the further west I wander,
how many more sunsets
shall illuminate my own visage
until I see yours?
© Shane Zhao  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member Canines

Canines are the best of friends They’ll offer their very life To protect their family Dog…God spelled backwards.
Form: Dodoitsu

Premium Member Clerihew Zaccolini

Cesna son painter,Matteo Zaccolini
advocated the colour theory
In mirrorscript he wrote his treatise
read backwards in a glass,with ease
Form: Clerihew

Incomprehensible Trauma

The pain stopped.
Why am I standing still?
I can't go forward nor backwards.
Like a stone, I am.
Struck and stuck,
Filled with despair.
© Prite King  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Backwards Reality

The only sane response
Is chainsmoking
Drinking gallons of coffee
Listening to album after album
Time drags on
In this backwards reality

Backwards?

Could I have gone back in time?
Sinking in qucksand and spinning like a dime!
Somehow it just seems so real
Not sure what to think and feel!
Form: Quatrain

Afro Samauri Vs. the Choka: Scene Six

The other attacks!
Afro takes another swing,
While moving backwards.
Two limbs are severed.
The ninja falls to his death,
In a pool of blood.
Form: Choka

Bees

Bees are busy
Flying 'round and 'round

Backwards, frontwards
Upside down

They make our honey
High in a tree

Oh how I wish to
Be a bee
Form: Couplet

Premium Member Buzzing Baby Acrobat

buzzing baby acrobat
backwards, forwards, act, act, act
insects and flowers are your steady diet
We love watching you, hummingbird. You are a riot!
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Backyard Hopscotch

Listen to poem:
I once tried hopscotch in reverse,
Backwards it went from bad to worse.
My hop was scotched,
My stone was botched,
I fell head over heels adverse!
Form: Limerick

Won Ton Memories

When they're at the Chinese restaurant
It reminds them of each other for sure
Won Ton reminds her of his weight
Spelled backwards reminds him of her!
© Pat Adams  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Quatrain

Premium Member Historys Train

Forward moving train; Mystical cacophony; Draws me backwards. Riding time-tracks, I can see History reverse itself.
Written 12-16-14
Form: Tanka

Premium Member In Search of Backwards Poem

what i'm looking for 
of never finding
saddened by the thought
with nothing to show
years fading by
just can't put my finger on it
in search of something

Premium Member Upside Down Backwards Imp

Let’s have an upside down and backwards day
Says the imp who almost got away
He causes havoc and laughs with a bray
The upside-down imp who showed up in May
Form: Monorhyme

Premium Member The Hummingbird

Only bird that can

While polinating flowers

Fly away backwards



Already entered in the contest - but this one came to me on my drive home from work.
© Joe Flach  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku

Backwards

The teacher said, "Listen to this,"
"Said backward, your name has a twist!"
One kid caught her eye
She said, "Simon you try!"
In a moment he said, "No mis!"
© Pat Adams  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick

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