Rosemary suggests we re-write one of our poems that "didn't work quite as well as we might have liked" ~ transcribe it backward ~ follow the result wherever it takes us ~ create a new poem!
old poem backward:
real it keeping just feel i that way the yawns stifle i fawns media nude half photos food buy they where rest the and them with impressed they're admit dares really who cares really who drift my get you swift kardashian call the ignoring all it over i'm know to you want hello howdy
new poem:
do i really care what influencers say
swift and kardashians will not make my day
who are the followers so very impressed
everyday women who would have guessed
original poem:
howdy hello
want you to know
i'm over it all
ignoring the call
kardashian swift
you get my drift
who really cares
who really dares
admit they're impressed
with them and the rest
where they buy food
photos half nude
media fawns
i stifle yawns
the way that i feel
just keeping it real
Ha ha, both the original and the new are great fun, and I'm sure there are many who'd agree with you. Thanks for including the backwards version too, to add to the interest.
ReplyDeleteGreat! Both work!
ReplyDeleteI read the backwards poem backwards before I realized you had posted the original version :) Your poem is truth, though!!!
ReplyDeleteMe too!
DeleteThe original is a lyrical fun read; the new poem more concise still says a lot.
ReplyDeleteYou kept the fun and the intended meaning in the new piece, which is awesome.
ReplyDeleteDittos Maria.
ReplyDeletePK
I'd rather keep up with the Cardassians. Yes, I'm a Trekkie!
ReplyDeleteAmazing how the poem transformed!
ReplyDeleteVery beautiful and meaningful.
Let's love and keep our uniqueness.
Thank you Helen!
It is so good to be outside the influence of Swift et al!
ReplyDeleteBoth poems work wonderfully well, Helen. I share those feelings.
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