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…