Thursday, February 13, 2025

Derangement Haiku

"Derangement" is a whimsical exercise for poets: Pick a short poem you've written. "Derange" it by writing the words backward--last word first, and so on. Rearrange the reversed words further so that they make sense. Add and subtract words until the result looks like a new poem.

It's easiest to begin with a very short poem, such as a haiku.

Haiku perfection:
elegant simplicity
like great blue heron 

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