__two-way poem

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Found this on Tumblr and I thought it was very creative! It might inspire some creative poets out there.

- Ermisenda Alvarez

Read this poem.
Then read it backwards.

Lost Generation

I’m a part of 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 thirty years I’ll tell my children

They are not the most important thing in my life

__a shared poem

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But why? She asked.
As though a bit of a crime -
Asked with all the repetitious insistence of a toddler,
but none of the childish naiveté that would free me to say
Well, because.

It had started with the pink hard cover creeping out the corner
of my far-too-heavy
Purse.
Why do you carry that? She asked.

Well, I may need it, need to see it or to read it or to write something
Important down. You never know when inspiration may
Receive you.
Yes, I laughed. Receive you. Like the arms that meet you
Behind the door that swings to greet you –
and I had better have a pen and paper.

September issue of etc! magazine

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Sorry for the delay, it was a busy end of the month.  The September issue of etc! is now available.  Enjoy!

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- Ermisenda Alvarez