,sleef ti woh si siht
uoy nehw
,don & elims
seceip derettat yal i sa
,elbat eht no traeh ym fo
.rennid rof s'tahw em ksa neht
having trouble understanding?
me 2.
What can you say in 160 characters? Go see Monkey Man.
(ok, so here it is forward. you get the point.)
this is how it feels,
when you
smile & nod,
as i lay tattered pieces
of my heart on the table,
then ask me what's for dinner.
having trouble understanding?
me 2.
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- Brian Miller
- Married to the most amazing woman and dad of two adventurous boys. I am figuring out what life has in store next. Enjoy the journey.
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91 comments:
ooohh...I've felt that very same way a time or two myself...
What we have here -- as Cool Hand Luke so famously said -- is a failure to communicate,
i think i may have gotten too artsy for my own good with this one...those that see it in reader may think i have lost it...
Wow! That was a very novel way of presenting it. For a minute I thought you had a post in some Arabic or hieroglyphic script!
I don't get it,
Thus,
I will quit guessing....
Happy Sunday!
glad to see your foreign language skills shine!
Take good care.
At first I thought maybe you were bilingual, but I caught on quick enough :) Very creative...sometimes I feel like I must be talking backwards when trying to get through to someone! great 160
ah...nice! I totally get it, not too artsy :-)
Very cool, Brian. I wouldn't have put the second version, though. It works so much better in reverse. ('Course, I'm kind of a visual person.)
Oops, my absent mind.
I see what you do,
backward writing...
naughty you.
I'm the guy who laboriously read it backwards, before I discovered your transpositioning repeat
But I "got it" both times. Lots of rennid FOOD for thought. And I am guilty--again!
Love it! And I know exactly how that feels... smile...
Loved the ingenuity of this one, Brian...I have felt like that many times....ha
Oh Brian, you are a sensitive soul. hugs
Brian, this is amazing. You are the Wordsmith both backwards and forwards. Enjoy your Sunday!
For a minute, I thought I had forgotten to read. Well, its always nice to see nothing is wrong with my head...:)
Loved it. Awesome post, Brian!
Way to get my mind working early in the morning.
I actually read it backwards. What does that say about me? I like it..no matter what direction you write. !keew ecin a evaH
♥namaste♥
steveroni...thanks for the honesty...i have been guilty as well...perhaps this is how i know it so well. but hopefully we learn...smiles.
I am glad you put in the last part or I would have been thinking all day that maybe Brian was hitting the sauce last night. Once I caught on it was all good and so true. take care.
Thank you! I've just hopped back from MonkeyMan!
Awesome place to visit, thank you for sending us there!
More than trouble understanding, this speaks of understanding troubles
ynnuf woH
melborp a tuohthiw sdrawkcab ti daer I
?em tuoba syas taht tahw rednoW
Interesting take, Brian
Been there myself, many a time... it leaves an empty feeling in your gut. Powerful stuff, that.
(And yes, I read the whole thing backward without the translation... because I'm used to reading little kid writing!)
very e e cummingsish. i love the creativity and the tone.
I thought you went on an acid trip!
I Got it !! Really nice !!Great Way to mention !!
awesome work here my friend
eating is important, too...oot
Eloquent.
been on the receiving end of this many times. great way to express the hurt.
Simply great. Backwards and forwards.;)
xoxo
I have lived this one from both sides. As you say, hopefully we learn.
This is really cool!
Cool, and nicely told!
Bravo! Nothing for you to fear here, Brian. You nailed it. I had no trouble understanding.
I thought for sure you were trying to make us feel what it was like to be dyslexic.
I have to show this to my husband!!!! I have felt this way many times!!!
Who's the narrator, a male? Interesting role reversal, too.
We have all been there. Great juxtaposition. Got me going all right to left. Thanks for your 160 Brian, have a solid Sunday.
swoosh!!!
Heh. Very clever! Happy Sunday, Brian.
That was simply awesome. It took a while for my brain to process it though. lol
you are too bloody clever for us mate lol, loved it though, a small token :)
http://s5.tinypic.com/351ei46_th.jpg
very clever, the concept had me hooked right from the start...and then when you read it do i know that feeling!!! well done Brian
oh yes!
I actually got it the first time around! :) ...and you said MY post made your head hurt. ha.
I am glad I was wide awake when I read this post. Though...being wide awake it still threw me. Thanks Brian, I needed my brain to work extra hard. :)
This is brilliant, Brian, extremely clever and a wonderful way to convey one's feelings :)
Before I got that it was backwards, I thought you might be drunk!
Not too artsy for me. I totally got it.
Great message.
happy Sunday Brian,
jj
Brian, I go with those who got through the trouble to read it backward first ... lol - a good exercise for the brain ;-), great as always, I felt the same way few times too ...
The story of many a conversation between man and woman. At least in these here parts.
I can say this in 160 characters: the first time I saw the text , I knew I had to read the letters backwards.well done Brian, your talent is really incredible
tattered shattered and battered
it made more sense backwards
Sunday love
dnuora si enim
Forwards or sdrawkcab this makes very poignant sense.
Well they say reading & writing backwards is a good brain gym exercise... So thanks for the workout Brian.
I can relate to the content of your 160 Brian & I think that most of us would have experienced a version of this at sometime or another...it's the human condition!
Oh yeh sorry... I forgot to say clever 160 & its good to be artsy!
Effing brilliant and I'm linking this to somebody right now. Thanks Brian!!
i must be fried... i didn't realize that was written backwards. i thought you had your fingers on the wrong keys...
f you are trying to confuse me...it worked. lol :) Have a great week. :)
I really loved this. I painstakingly read this backwards. Yes, I was paying attention. LOL
I enjoyed the poem also. Not just getting there backwards. Interesting way.
Ha! I deciphered it before I saw you had laid it out for us so nicely. It was better to figure it out myself though.
Thanks for thinking of us.
ouch. i'm trying to wrap my mind around the thought that i'm not the only one who feels like this. brian, this is the most unique post i've seen from you yet and it was so very good...nice work!
I like steveroni had guessed to read it backwards before I scrolled down. Some of just like to make life more difficult. Great job in understanding how we sometimes feel about being under appreciated.
Ooo, AWESOME one, Brian!!
And I didn't even need it forward, I slogged through backwards, because I knew it was gonna be great -- and was!
xo
you are so clever.......
I'm such a fool! I read it backwards before I knew you posted the meaning.
Ugh!
Wonderful 160, Brian. I have missed your posts!
Green-Eyed Momster
I like it. I think it speaks to how we come across sometimes, especially when we talk to people we love.
Yes, when we don't really listen it IS all gobbledeegook. Neat one, Brian.
I probably never would have figured out to read it backwards - guess my mind just doesn't work that way. :)
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The father of succes is WORK,
The mother of succes is AMBITION,
The oldest son of succes is COMMON SENSE
Some of the other sons of success are PERSEVERENCE, HONESTY, THOROUGHNESS, FORESIGHT, ENTHUSIASM, and COOPERATION;
The oldest daughter of succes is CHARACTER,
Some sisters of success are CHEERFULNESS, LOYALTY, CARE, ECONOMY, and SINCERITY,
The baby is OPPORTUNITY.
wow.
hey :)
i went rogue but i'm back.
no.
i went away and i'm back, but i've gone rogue...
I understood this one right away! Woohoo and for once I didn't need a dictionary to read your poetry :)
Clever Brian!
Nothing like bearing your soul to someone only to have them fluff it off as not important. Not worth commenting on! I hate when that happens.
And for the record...I didn't think you had lost it. And it was very creative.
I felt it was a metaphor for what you where writing.
As you share your heart...the other person acts like you are speaking a foreign language. Quite frustrating.
Hugs
SueAnn
Good morning, Brian:
I read the comment above me, it seems like someone holding strong opinion against another person.
I am sorry for being careless yesterday.
I reread your 160 many times,
You have been very honest, caring, and creative.
I guess my intelligence cannot match the ordinary or general audience here.
I promise to observe more, write less.
Happy Monday!
It took me forever to read then backwards and then I scrolled down and saw that you had rewritten it... Duh
that was a clever way of showing just how disconcerting it is to be misunderstood
Clever and quite delightful, Brian.
I think you're brilliant, that'll never change...I've wondered too often why people only see what they want to see...or understand what they want t understand...
Thanks for translating!
Not to artsy.. That was great!!!!
Upside down, boy you turn me
inside out and round and round.
A very sad one.
a masterpiece :)
Nice. Powerful presentation. I like it.
You know that I am lost! :)
Sorry I've been away, but I'm back and loving your 160 as always.
PG
Nice. Short and sweet..and intriguing. Like how you experimented with writing backwards first. I got that and read it backwards before seeing you'd written it out normally!
Hey thanks for the visit and kind words dude
Warmest salad
Luke
AMEN to that! lol! I might print that off and glue it to the fridge.
I read it backwards twice before I realized you "translated" for us too! :)
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