One Man Walking

An Upside-down Poem

Reverse poetry is a poem that can be read forward (top to bottom) and have one meaning but can also be read backward (bottom to top) and have a different or opposite meaning. The structure of the reverse poem is often the same.

Red Bird Anchored, For Now, © Brooklyn Muse

One Man Walking
In a Blizzard
On a Quiet City street
No Vehicles, No One,
In Ragged Levis,
A Red Heavy-Canvas Short Coat,
With Cool Yellow Slush boots,
He Walks
Alone

In the Deep Ebony Night
It is Quiet
Ahead of Me
Cold Wind, Snow
Chilled to the Bone
He steps,
Steadfast,
With a Mission
In Silence

We Walk
Sacredly Together,
Visibly Alone
Searching Knowledge,
The Library of Wisdom,
Within Us
A Tedious Task
The Streets are Winding,
Dimly Lit