Short Reversal Poems

Have you ever?
You
Love
Lord...

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Teeth sans groundnut
See now reversal of fate-
Groundnut sans teeth....

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Two bits of music
Are said to be back to back -
So one's in reverse!


(April 2022)...

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(freed-verse) / (reversal)

- be -

(reverse all) / (free verse)

- knot -


len...

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High rolling gambler
A reversal of fortune
He came up snake eyes


Date written and posted: 09/15/2018...

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reversal in time
history to be reviewed
dreams, wishes bestowed
the human race put on trial...
yet in their image were born.

© Harry J Horsman 2013...

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Flow
Into 
A springtime
Reversal sing
A random tune that reminds you of home

Somewhere time stops for those broken, alone;
Carry on then
Full ahead
Engines
Stop...

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Listen to poem:

Knit one, purl one
two knit together.
On we go, entwining begun.
Next a loop we pull to tether
Then a purl one, a reversal done.
Now a lace embrace, two as one forever....

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ROLE REVERSAL

A most enterprising canary
Always found the cat very scary
So to turn a new page
Shut the cat in the cage
It’s the cat’s turn now to be wary 
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Buried reflection,
 pits of regret

Reasons to wander,
darkness forgets

Images rising,
blessed by the sun

Timeless reversal 
—forgiveness begun 

(Dreamsleep: February, 2021)...

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Satan lost his cool
Would not let God rule

He will burn in hell
What a horrid place to dwell!

Jesus came to Earth 
To give us a rebirth

He did save the human race
To let us see God face-to-face!...

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Once free of the body,
into the soul
Majestic reversal,
the minstrels have told

A crown made of virtue,
death in the past
Whose regal foretelling
—a message to last

(Villanova Pennsylvania: September, 2020)...

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    In a most stunning reversal of form
    The ‘grammar police’ took over a dorm

        Kicked out all the radicals
        Screamed, ‘You’re non-grammatical’

           ~  Set off an academic protest storm 
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Rehearsal of Role Reversal

What he really did resulted in a role reversal,
We had remembered after another rehearsal;
After around nosing,
Started proposing,
A poor performance ending in crowd dispersal.

Jim Horn...

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a first love
so compelling-
        homage
to another
        to love's
sweet refrain-
            an invocation
sung and
             heard-
an exploration
              of perception
with no reversal,
without a guide...

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a first love
so compelling-
        homage
to another
        to love's
sweet refrain-
            an invocation
sung and
             heard-
an exploration
              of perception
with no reversal,
without a guide...

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When you're looking for someone to blame
be careful whom you intend to defame.
     Without proper grounds
     your words may rebound
and your good standing be put to shame.

This to balance my reversal poem 'Who spoiled our Christmas?'...

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My garden work was once pure joy
when shared with my girl and boy.
The toil was slight.

Now that I do the job alone
it truly tires me to the bone,
an old age plight.


By: Joyce Johnson
For Dr. Mehta's  "Tail Rhyme" Contest...

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She has everything you don't.
(we never had what they have)

Sleep is more important than me?
(it's 1 am & you're not my lover)

Why ask if you weren't interested?
(my father was missing & politeness)

I'm tired of trying. 
(interesting role reversal)...

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A
Boy
Can
Dance
Effortlessly,
Free,
Gain
His
Inspiration
Just
Kissing.

Love
Mocked!

No
Other
Predicament
Quite
Reverses
Sensation
To
Utter
Vengence,
Withering
Xyloid,
Youthful
Zeal.

—————

Xyloid: characteristics of wood, woody...

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Role reversal, rekindle love 
To be a child again
Head-heart aligned, now hand in glove
Cleansed soul thus free from stain

Choosing heart’s expansion
Bliss our meditation 
God orientation 

Glows fontanel
Role reversal

30-January-2022
...

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young man’s empathy towards his father

                                    a shift of care and concern

                                      grand reversal of roles





Kimo Form Old or New Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Constance La France
Date: 04-09-2021

Place : 1st...

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He tried to change the unchangeable.
                                         Came to his senses… 
                               And found himself changed, instead. 




 Bite Size poem no.36 Poetry Contest
 Sponsored by: Line Gauthier |
 Date: 18-02-2022

Placed: Honourable Mention...

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Be now normal
Make it continual and ritual
Forget the causal
Stay put not frontal
There are many things to do factual
All things you are in control
Unless fatal and impartial
Do things substantial
Mostly it will be rational
At level, reversal
Mutual, dual
Pastoral, beautiful and fruitful....

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file for reversal
separation of dew 
from meadow 
nor the progress 
of eventide 
awaken the sunrise 
at first blush 
stalk the night hours
and pen kisses 
the source of spring
and thaw
nestled, on a bed of roses
dyed-in-the-wool,
my three pointed star 
a rain that replenishes the soul
and desire...

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