This is the Key!

This is the key
This is the key of the Kingdom:
In that Kingdom is a city;
In that city is a town;
In that town there is a street;
In that street there winds a lane;
In that lane there is a yard;
In that yard there is a house;
In that house there waits a room;
In the room an empty bed;
And on that bed a basket –
A Basket of Sweet Flowers;
Of Flowers, of Flowers
A Basket of Sweet Flowers


Flowers in a Basket;
Basket on the bed;
Bed in the chamber;
Chamber in the house;
House in the weedy yard;
Yard in the winding lane;
Lane in the broad street;
Street in the high town;
Town in the city;
City in the Kingdom
This is the key of the Kingdom.
Of the Kingdom this is the Key.


I like this poem because I can read it a billion times, and not grow tired of it. The words paint a picture in my mind in a different way each time I read it. I especially love the last two lines, ”This is the Key of the Kingdom, Of the Kingdom this is the Key.”It was the line, and then the line backwards, and it really stood out to me. This poem seems as if someone dug deep into one specific subject (The Kingdom). Then they reversed it and built up from what was deep within the subject (The Kingdom).