Today I join my fellow bloggers in "serving up a slice"
to the Slice of Life (SOL) community.
Thanks to Stacey, Tara, Betsy, Dana, Beth, and Anna
for hosting this meeting place each day in March
and for nurturing our writing lives.
I'm following Elsie's lead from her post, Title Fun,
and jumping in this morning with book spine poetry.
I have an assortment of motivational books I keep on my desk,
I added a few library titles, and this is the result:
HOW TO BE PERFECT
let's all be brave.
THIS YEAR I WILL . . .
LIGHTEN UP!
It's Hard to Make a Difference When You Can't Find Your Keys
The Procrastinator's Handbook
THINspired
Starting Monday
simple days
Everyday Sacred
DISCLAIMER #1: Book spine poetry can be addicting. And you'll really mess up your bookshelves. I know, I did it last year. That's why I limited myself to books already on my desk
and current books checked out from the library.
(Okay, I did sneak the title book from my nightstand.)
DISCLAIMER #2: Creating a poem from book spines is not necessarily a quick post.
There are many ways to arrange the words from ten books,
and I think I tried and took photos of each possibility.
DISCLAIMER #3: All punctuation marks and capital letters are those of the original author and not the creator of this poem. It's very difficult for me to type those titles with no caps, but I did it.
DISCLAIMER #4: The title, How To Be Perfect, is not a motivational book.
It's a book of poetry by Ron Padgett.
I highly recommend the title poem which occupies nine pages in the book
and is more fun and much faster to read than any of the other books.
I love your disclaimers as much as I love your poem. Since I am a procrastinator, I love THINspired Starting Monday! That sums me up!
ReplyDeleteWOW!!! I LOVE this sooooo much!! I've tried spine poetry and struggled with making it meaningful. Your poem is awesome!! I am going to check out that poetry book too. Thanks for the recommendation!
ReplyDeleteYour titles combine well into a poem. I love Book Spine Poems. I agree with you that they are not as easy as they look. Quite a bit of playing around. At the same time they are fun to create.
ReplyDeleteI've not heard of book spine poetry. I like it! I love your poem - it works so well. Just in time for National Poetry Month, maybe I will try this with my students.
ReplyDeleteI have not been successful with book spine poetry. Your inspiration will push me to try it again. I think it's very hard!
ReplyDeleteI've got to try this. Thanks for sharing it with us. I can so relate to the no caps grumble.
ReplyDeleteI did this a few years ago. Thanks for reminding me of how much fun it can be. But I agree, it can be time consuming!
ReplyDeleteI have seen this often and I always forget it. Will try later. Thanks:)
ReplyDeleteSo many great combinations, but my favorite is "this year I will lighten up." I think this applies to me mentally and physically. Not sure if the physical will happen, but I'll think about it. Pulling books is fun, putting them back, not so much. Great poem!
ReplyDeleteI love this arrangement. Glad you took the time! The last two could be a perfect poem on their own:
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Everyday Sacred
Great poem, but I think your comments/disclaimers were the punchline(s)!
ReplyDeleteYour Cento is great. But I totally agree with your disclaimers. Not necessarily a quick post. And it can cause a mess.
ReplyDeleteSuch a cool ideas, and the disclaimers add your voice to the mix. I might have to borrow this idea! I can only imagine the mess of the bookshelf after creating such a poem. I can imagine making one on top of my classroom bookshelf and seeing how long it takes the kids to notice it (with a little prompting, that is.)
ReplyDeleteIt's a great poem, with the disclaimers even better. I love that title "thinspired", wish it could be true, & to put it with Starting Monday, like I think, too. Thanks for another great spine poem, Ramona.
ReplyDeleteSpine poems are so fun, and you're right - they can be time consuming and create a mess! Favorite line:
ReplyDeleteIt's Hard to Make a Difference When You Can't Find Your Keys
Your post put a smile on my face! I can't wait to try this on my own (and your disclaimers are great guides for those of us who want to try this out). Thank you for sharing this!
ReplyDeleteI've never heard of this! I'm trying Spine Poetry this week. Man, there are so many creative people in this group!!!!
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