Cut out each poem with a pair of scissors and glue parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 together in a vertical column. Glue parts -10, -9, -8, -7, -6, -5, -4, -3, -2, -1 together in a separate column. Now glue parts 10 to -10 in the middle so they make a mirror image facing each other. You should now have a collection of poems that look something like a DNA strand. If you now fold part -1 to meet part 1, the two vertical columns will again become a mirror image and the collection of poems will have transformed into a double helix.
Doc Drumheller lives in New Zealand where he teaches creative writing at the School for Young Writers and edits the literary journal Catalyst. He has worked in award winning groups for theatre and music and has published seven collections of poetry.
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