Short Reversal Poems

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


Premium Member Hindsight of the Gods

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
Form: Tanka


Premium Member Let's talk peace

The hunter becomes the hunted...
What if there was a role reversal?
Let's all just get along ~



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Form: Other

Sprung

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
© Tim B  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Tetractys

Premium Member Knitting Memories in the Dark

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.
Form: Rhyme

ROLE REVERSAL

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
Form: Limerick


A Way Back

Buried reflection,
 pits of regret

Reasons to wander,
darkness forgets

Images rising,
blessed by the sun

Timeless reversal 
—forgiveness begun 

(Dreamsleep: February, 2021)
Form: Rhyme

Role-Reversal

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!
Form: Couplet

'conversus'

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)
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member 'Grammar Police' Strike Again

    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
Form: Limerick

Rehearsal of Role Reversal

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
© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member A Given

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
Form: Verse

Premium Member REDAMANCY defined

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
Form: Bio

Waiting this long year






'Waiting this long year ~ the rains past ~ your return emerging from mist.
____ Notes: The Material / Ethereal Nexus Reversal .
Form: Senryu

Someone To Blame

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?'
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Reversal

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

Premium Member Reversal

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
© Jeff Kyser  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member Role Reversal

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
Form: Rhyme

Continent of Lilies


A daylight will stay with us from on high
And mailings will be reviewed when I sigh
Among bleeding cacti within the fence
After we are engaged in a pretence
Here I, reversal permeability
Reduced to wearing only this vittae

Premium Member A Shift

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
Form: Kimo

Premium Member The Reversal

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

A New Normal

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.
Form: Rhyme

File For Reversal

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

start spreading the noose

mark
time camp-
ing

in
a worldly chair 
near your body 

 fun 
 scene motion which is a 
 pendulum at best because to swing 

 is
 not at all a curse from birth but rath-
 rather  what the hanged man calls 

 for
 once he sees from upside down the exit 
door that traps death in with us

Premium Member MULTISTABLE

absence
 of colour
black
  on white
or
 white
  on black
deceives
  the eye
in
multistable

perceptual
   decisions
melody/harmony
 subject/background
 &
 positive/negative
 reversal
  exists
 on
the same spectrum
at
 opposite
    end
yet
 one
in harmony rather
than
 orchestrated
art
Form: Ekphrasis

The Game

Delivery seems tensed as one cries for relieve
There I am
There I am
Down a loin I know not of
They mistaken my pain as joy likewise its reversal
An innocent being gasps for life
There he lies in abundance
Blessed or cursed
A choice in life to be taken
Hope you endure
For this game has started. 

©Kofi Asokwa-Nkansah

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