I was once a kid
like you.
You like, kid?
A once was.
I know you, kid.
See what I did there for Sammi’s prompt? Okay, it’s twenty words but really the same ten reversed. Below is the original poem that I distilled that from, written for “Poem In Your Pocket Day” at my school. There are also more fast takes on the idea of symmetry. Go to sammiscribbles to link your own ten word response.
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Hi kid
Did
You know
I was too
Once a kid
Like you?
I’m so glad you asked
For a poem today
Now we’re both unmasked
two kids both with something to say
You might, might you
as well be bold
for you
will too
Once be old.
You like, kid?
A once too
Was I.
Know you?
Did, kid.
Bye.
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Zero, ultimate symmetry,
portal of infinity.
Neutral, neutralizing.
Nothing. Realizing.
*****
I’ve made it to middle-age;
Now going forwards brings reversals.
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Mirror, mirror, imaging me
What you reflect I don’t see.
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Nice take.
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Thanks, and back at ya. I appreciate you coming by.
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My pleasure, dear.
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Really neat. I like them a lot!
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Thanks, and play along. Sami has a nice friendly thing going.
Check it out
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Interesting symmetrical poetry. Totally agree with your last two lines! 🙂
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I like your words
Their rhyming schemes
Their symmetry
And what they mean
And like a mirror
Shows a face
Your poems reflect
Ideas’ true grace.
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Thanks so much for dropping by
and commenting, so clever and wry
Who’s Robbie Yates, I don’t really know him
but he sure is quick to respond with a poem
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You’re quick with a poem yourself
You may be a poetry elf
With metre and rhyme
Ideas so sublime
That reading them’s good for our health 😁
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Or dadnabbit, worse
bad habit, a curse
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