I read from clerical to clevis.

The playlist of my new backwards talking series on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmIujMwEDbgZUexyR90jaTEEVmAYcCzuq

The word of the episode is "clerihew".

Take a look at the wikipedia page for examples of this poem style.  Makes way more sense now. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clerihew

More info on the dude who invented this!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Clerihew_Bentley