The beauty of AO's piece is suddenly revealed when read in reverse, line by line.
The student's poem has gone viral. Photo / Supplied
His same words suddenly change into an empowering message to the reader to never give up despite the challenges life throws at you.
"Nobody could ever convince me to think that I am a failure," the poem now says.
"That is wrong. I was meant to be great. I have a talent for words."
Today in Y6 we looked at poems that could be read forwards & backwards. I was stunned by this one written by one of my 10 year olds. Please share - I would love her work to be appreciated further afield. I wonder if it could even find a publisher? pic.twitter.com/tmEQpiRrhq
Broadis said the poem moved her to post it and made her realise how important her work was.
"It is a privilege to help find, nurture and celebrate the talents of children," Broadis wrote.
The post went viral in just a few hours and has been liked more than 140,000 times and shared by more than 42,000 people.
Thousands of people praised the young poet's skill in conveying the struggles associated with dyslexia.
As the mom of a teen with severe dyslexia, who was told repeatedly in grade school that he would never succeed, please tell the author this is the most insightful and beautiful poem I’ve ever read on the subject. -proud mom to a dyslexic honor student who proved them all wrong
Many people also praised Broadis, saying she "must be a wonderful teacher".
But according to Broadis, all the credit was owed to "my little poet".
The Year 6 student was clearly smarter than most adults; many admitted they had taken her instructions too literally, reading the poem backwards "word for word, not line by line".
I was reading it backwards like “life in it make can I” and was like.... this doesn’t make any sense and then I realised. Why is this child more intelligent than me
The poem also attracted the attention of established writers, poets and publishers who have since offered AO the chance for her poetry to be published in their books and blogs.
The young poet has also been asked to write for publications.
