I enjoy life

I cannot say

I love the idea of death

What can I say?

Life is good.

I cannot say

Lies

( read backwards)

( supposed to make absolute sense but doesn’t)

(this is one of the worst reverse poems I’ve done)

(could have done so much better)

(this poem is absolute crap)

For those of you who may not have understood the poem type, a reverse poem is basically a poem(doesn’t have to rhyme) that you can read forwards, and read the lines backwards and still make sense and have a different meaning. So like the one above, it reads normally forwards, then backwards:

Lies

I cannot say

Life is good.

What can I say?

I love the idea of death

I cannot say

I enjoy life

So yeah, this is a thing that happens and sometimes makes absolutely zero fucking sense…. The trick is getting it to make sense backwards.

Now this one, is fucking brilliant and I love it so much. It’s by Jonathan Reeds.

“Lost Generation” by Jonathan Reed

I am part of a lost generation

and I refuse to believe that

I can change the world

I realize this may be a shock but

“Happiness comes from within.”

is a lie, and

“Money will make me happy.”

So in 30 years I will tell my children

they are not the most important thing in my life

My employer will know that

I have my priorities straight because

Work

is more important than

Family

I tell you this

Once upon a time

Families stayed together

but this will not be true in my era

This is a quick fix society

Experts tell me

30 years from now, I will be celebrating the 10th anniversary of my divorce

I do not concede that

I will live in a country of my own making

In the future

Environmental destruction will be the norm

No longer can it be said that

My peers and I care about this earth

It will be evident that

My generation is apathetic and lethargic

It is foolish to presume that

There is hope.

“The Lost Generation” is a poem about both cynicism and optimism that became viral upon winning second place in AARP’s 2007 U@50 video contest, wherein contestants were told to create a two-minute video describing their vision of the future. For contrasting perspectives, read to the end, then read in reverse starting from “There is hope” and continuing upward, as instructed in the last line.

In a 2013 Reddit poll of users' favorite poems, “The Lost Generation” received the most upvotes.

(did not write this^^^^(or all in italics))

(https://genius.com/Jonathan-reed-the-lost-generation-annotated )

But see what I mean, it made sense……………..when the hell did this turn into a class and when the hell did I become a teacher????? And why the hell did I make this one so long?????