LIFE (Palindrome)

Life  makes a complexity of emotions

It takes a room for doubtful devotions

It’s like a game, everyone should be wise

Don’t always blame, just try to be nice

Share your voice, give and take

A choice you have to make

Play, be brave

Make way

~Crave~

Make way

Be brave, play

You have to make a choice

Give and take, share your voice

Just try to be nice, don’t always blame

Everyone should be wise, it’s like a game

A room for doubtful devotions, it takes

A complexity of emotions, life makes.

Author's Note

Palindrome Poetry (Also Known as Mirrored Poetry)

A palindrome, by definition, is a word, phrase, verse, sentence, or even poem that reads the same forward or backward. It stems from the Greek word palindromos: palin, meaning again, and dromos, meaning a running. Combining the two together, the Greek meaning gives us, running back again...

*Here I made rhyming lines. The rhyme scheme is aabbccdd-ddccbbaa

I have chosen "life" as the subject of this mirrored poetry because I believe that life is what we make it- we reap what we sow...a mirror of our deeds.

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

A beautiful and powerful poem.
"Play, be brave
Make way
~Crave~
Make way
Be brave, play"
You have led the reader to wisdom. I like the above lines a lot. Take no chances. Know no joy. No weakness in the amazing poetry.
Coyote

[Dhaye]

Thanks a lot. Happy reading to you, CP.

[Tom]

A creatively penned poem full of morally holistic wisdom, thanks as well for the info on a Palindrome, always great to learn new types of writing techniques !

Marvelous indeed Daise/Dhaye ?

[Dhaye]

Dhaye is my nick name. Daisie (plural of Daisy without s) is my real name. I decided to use it since I'm promoting my books in some of my sites, including here.

[Dhaye]

Thanks so much, Tom.

[Great Aunt Astri]

You have worked hard , tasteful picture, interesting music, well formatted poem. You get the meaning across very well. Well done.

[Dhaye]

Thank you so much, GAA.

[gabrielle]

i would not be making comment on the structure because i am not familiar with it but i first i thought it was a shape poetry. The message is powerful. True, instead of blaming others for the consequences of our choices, we must stand by it or at least do some corrective measures if it's shown that it was a "bad choice". i am internalizing the wisdom of your words in here, Daisie.

[Dhaye]

Palindrome will really make different shapes depending on the position of the text- left, center or right. Actually the first verse is the real poem which is then inverted to make it's mirror. So, the center must be the ending word of the first verse, and the first word of the second one or the mirror.
Glad you see that there is wisdom in this piece, Gab. Thanks a lot for the read and review.

[Linda alexander]

Great write, naked truth expressed in a fantastic way, loved it

[Dhaye]

Thanks. And I have chosen "life" as the subject of this mirrored poetry because I believe that life is what we make it- we reap what we sow...a mirror of our deeds.

God bless!

[Linda alexander]

You welcome, I agree with you fully, take care

[NeiL ArandA]

Its so many style .... This one resembles an hour glass pattern

[Dhaye]

It just so happened that the lines are becoming shorter up to the 8th line, so when inverted (as the form requires) it's like an hourglass. It's also because the position is at the center, but if on the left or right side, there's a different shape.

Thanks for visiting my page, Neil.

[Eddie Davis]

Another neat new (to me) type of poetry. Your poem flows so quickly and smoothly that when I was reading it, it almost seemed like a rap song. I loved it, you are a master poet.

[Dhaye]

Thanks for the flattering words, but I'm not a master poet, Eddie. Just an aspiring poet (developing stage). I'm also learning with what I'm doing.

[Aethereal]

Life’s a garden of entangled moods reaching for the Sun, dreaming for the Moon, thirsting for the Earth. When I write with both my hands simultaneously my left hand writes the mirror image of my right hand. There’s a natural mirror symmetry within Nature.

[Dhaye]

Thanks, Aethereal. =)

[Pax]

nice! yet there is this one particular line didn't read much in reverse, almost the same in the other one... yet anyways, this is a good learning, it must be hard to pen this... you did well pretty friend.

[Dhaye]

What line?
I think this...

Make way
~Crave~
Make way

That should be read as..
"Make way, crave
Crave, make way"

Because it is a mirrored poetry, the last word of the last line will be the first word of the first line in the mirror part.

Thanks, Pax.

[Pax]

nope...
this lines:
A choice you have to make
You have to make choice

read morenope...
this lines:
A choice you have to make
You have to make choice

seems like nagrumble sila... :)

welcome...

[Pax]

ayan okay na

[Dhaye]

"a" lang ang kulang nyan, pero no doubt na ako jan...reverse naman talaga dapat, babaliktarin yung statement. Mas mahirap nga yung ginawa kong version kasi ang sample walang rhyming pero yan, I tried to make rhyming...imagine that considering na kapag binaliktad eh may rhyming pa rin...
What do you suggest nga jan...if it doesn't sound good to your ears?

[Pax]

impressive nga eh... keep it up! okay na siya, nawala lang ako sa 'a' na nakalimutan mo... :D

[Dhaye]

LOL. Hindi ko agad nabasa yung "okay" mo sa taas.

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

That is so impressive, being able to make it so the verses make sense backwards and forward. It certainly gives a lot to think about about life and the journey we take.

[Dhaye]

Thank you. I really enjoy making different poetry forms. Glad you like this.

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

Yes I noticed you have been trying quite a few forms lately… that is great, expanding your horizons and honing your creativity.