So, today, BEFORE I post today’s poetic form – which I will be posting on this blog SOON – I’m giving you a head start by sharing a few instructions for
a poetry form (kind of along the line of “found poetry”) that will be showcased next
week on Tuesday, April 18th. But you will need to learn about it now so you can
be working on it. It’s SUPER FUN!!
I’ve done this for the last couple of years and it’s always
a BIG HIT!! Lots of people joined in on this one, even those who did not
participate on any of the other days. FB was filled with people posting "Book Spine Poetry" pictures. Good times!!
AGAIN, I’m only telling you now, so you can start looking around
your bookshelves.
This is an intriguing way to “create” or, actually, “find” a
poem by arranging and rearranging a stack of books that show the title on the
book spine into something clever that might be a “poem.” Just like creating any
poetry, you get to decide if it will happy or sad, serious of funny or
whatever.
Simply start perusing the titles on your bookshelves and
pull out some that have possibilities and start stacking them up to see what
you might discover.
Here is a link from the “School Library Journal” where you
can browse through several years of photos of book spine poetry from years past
for some inspiration if you need ideas:
Here’s a very quick and adventurous one I pulled together
out of some kids’ books:
One Windy Day
Curious George Flies a Kite
Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
Long Ride Home
And another
example:
The Go-Getter
Landlord
Never Can Say Good-bye
Behind the Scenes
So, now that you get the idea,
you can be looking through the spines of your books – also works with the
spines of DVD covers.
BUT – please do not post any Spine Poetry YET – this will be for Tues,
April 18th!! Now, I will
get back to writing up the post for today’s poetry form – Saturday, April 15,
2017. Just be patient, a little longer . . . thanks!! Cheers!!
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