FROM NEW YORK TIMES: While reading this poem from top to bottom might seem like a dark view of the world today, reading it from bottom to top completely changes the message. The author of this creative and insightful poem is Chanie Gorkin, an 11th grader from Brooklyn, New York. She attends an all-girls school and lives in the Hasidic Community of Crown Heights.
**Now click on this link to read the poem from the bottom to top. |