The Reversal

John Smither
This recession is beginning

To bite ever and ever deep

Not then the best time

To try something anew

Or even to take a fresh leap

This recession some may call

Is not affecting them at all

Others may be saying

Recession

It only brings on my depression

Yet depression can refer to the weather

It can also be about your mood

For if this recession/depression

Doesn't come to an end and soon

If it soon doesn't stop altogether

Then the mood could be reversed

And spell doom

Published by John Smither

I had often felt that I had a book inside me ready to be written (many of us have I know), well it has been but now I need to get it published. Until recently I never knew I could write poems, that is my nex...  View profile

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  • Tal Boldo2/17/2010

    A lovely poem.

  • Branwen663/5/2009

    Cool! Hadn't occurred to me that "mood" is a palindrome. :)

  • Lori Piper3/4/2009

    good work on this

  • Maria Roth3/4/2009

    Yep...the reverse of "mood"--very clever.

  • Cathy A Montville3/1/2009

    I think it is just the beginning of a serious struggle! I pray I am mistaken!

  • Tiadora Anderson2/27/2009

    Nice poem.

  • Greenhill2/27/2009

    Very good.

  • Rebecca Wrenn2/25/2009

    What a timely poem! (^;^)

  • Jennifer Wagner2/25/2009

    Very nice job with this.

  • Lisa2/25/2009

    Well, you're just a little ray of sunshine today...

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