Day 18 ~ How to Create “Book Spine” Poetry!!! for “30 poems in 30 days” #NationalPoetryMonth

Today is the day!!! If you have been following along you know that I mentioned we would be doing this super fun poetry form today, Tuesday! So, this is an intriguing way to “create” or, actually, “find” a poem by arranging and rearranging a stack of books horizontally 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. <> If I can pull together some new “Book Spine Poems” then I can come back and change them out, but for now, let’s just go with what works. For the last two years this has been so fun and once the photos of these “poems” (books stacked on each other, creating a poem with the titles) started to hit FB – SOOOO many people jumped on board and pics of book spine poetry showed up all over that day ~ so … here we go!!!

Here’s a very quick and rather silly one I pulled together out of some kids’ books:

“One Windy Day”                     

“Samantha Learns a Lesson”

“20,000 Leagues Under the Sea”

“Nine True Dolphin Stories”

“All about . . . Dinosaurs”

If you need more inspiration - here is a link from the “School Library Journal” where you can browse through several years of photos of book spine poetry for some inspiration if you need ideas:

http://100scopenotes.com/2014/04/01/2014-book-spine-poem-gallery/ “Spine Book Gallery”

If you take photos of your “Book Spine Poems” (and I think you should), try to line up the titles when you stack them up – we are only interested in the titles for this poetry form. Feel free to share the titles in the comments section, but even more fun than that is to snap a photo of your “found” poetry creation and post it on social media ~ be sure to link back to this blog post so others can join in. So fun!!!

So, here are NINE "Book Spine” Poem examples. Doesn’t really matter how many you find. But I hope you are least came up with one. Perhaps YOU are far more clever than I and your poetry is quite profound. My Book Spine Poetry is not particularly profound; well, maybe one or two give “food for thought.” But it was pretty fun putting them together.

Now, since you won’t be able to include a photo in the comments section, here is what I suggest – just write up the poem by writing a title per line in the order that you stacked them up. If you are willing and able to share a few (or a BUNCH) on FB, then do that too and say so in your comments so those who are your FB friends can find it. I also suggest that if you have your own blog, you can post them there and then link back to this post in case your readers/followers have any questions. Cheers!!

So, whatcha’ got?

OK, in no particular order, here are mine:

Grandfather Remembers

Confessions of an Unbalanced Woman

Coming Clean

Just the Way I Am

 

The Go-Getter

Landlord

Never Can Say Good-bye

Behind the Scenes

 

Never Give Up!

The Fun Never Ends

Toxic Relief

You Can Do It!

 

 

One Windy Day

Curious George Flies a Kite     

Oh, the Places You’ll Go!

Long Ride Home

Giant Steps

A Man, A Can, A Plan

Feeding a Giant

Big in Japan

Raw Power

 

Excuse Me

There’s an Owl in the Shower

You Can Get Over It

Once Upon a Summer

  

 

I Dare You

The Double Cross

Counting the Cost

Don’t

 

Greater Than Us All

The Lilies of the Field

God Doesn’t Write With a Pen

Flight to Heaven

The Final Summit

Please remember – any poetry found on this blog, written by me, is my personal property and may not be used without my permission. The same goes for any poems that are shared in the comments section of this blog. They are the property of the person who shares them. These poems are their original work and no one may use them in any form without their express permission. It is understood that they own the copyright to it. Thanks!! 

And if you choose to post your poems on your own blog – that’s awesome. But please don’t just copy and paste my daily instructions, but rather post your poem and LINK BACK TO THIS BLOG POST for others to read the instructions. Thanks for respecting my work.

Day 8 ~ 2016 “Book Spine” Poetry!!! for 30 poems in 30 days #NationalPoetryMonth

Today is the day!!! BOOK SPINE POETRY ~ If you have been following along you know that I mentioned we would be doing this super fun poetry form today, Friday! So, this is an intriguing way to “create” or, actually, “find” a poem by arranging and rearranging a stack of books horizontally 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’s a very quick and rather silly one I pulled together out of some kids’ books:

“One Windy Day”                        

“Samantha Learns a Lesson”

“20,000 Leagues Under the Sea”

“Nine True Dolphin Stories”

“All about . . . Dinosaurs”

Here's a link from the “School Library Journal” where you can browse through several years of photos of book spine poetry for some inspiration if you need ideas:

 “Spine Book Gallery”

If you take photos of your “Book Spine Poems” (and I think you should), try to line up the titles when you stack them up – we are only interested in the titles for this poetry form. Feel free to share the titles in the comments section, but even more fun than that is to snap a photo of your “found” poetry creation and post it on social media ~ be sure to link back to this blog post so others can join in. So fun!!!

Here are some of mine from last year – I wanted to get the instructions up right away, because it does take some time to choose your book titles. After I create some new ones, I’ll come back and either just add them in or exchange them for these. Cheers!! Enjoy!!

My Book Spine Poetry is not particularly profound; well, maybe one or two give “food for thought.” But it was pretty fun putting them together.

Now, since you won’t be able to include a photo in the comments section, here is what I suggest – just write up the poem by writing a title per line in the order that you stacked them up. If you are willing and able to share a few (or a BUNCH) on FB, then do that too and say so in your comments so those who are your FB friends can find it. I also suggest that if you have your own blog, you can post them there and then link back to this post in case your readers/followers have any questions. Cheers!!

So, whatcha’ got?

Ok, in no particular order, here are mine from last year:

 

Grandfather Remembers

Confessions of an Unbalanced Woman

Coming Clean

Just the Way I Am

The Go-Getter

Landlord

Never Can Say Good-bye

Behind the Scenes

Elias of Elderberry

Persuaded

Davy Crockett and the King of the River

Winter is Not Forever

Excuse Me

There’s an Owl in the Shower

You Can Get Over It

Once Upon a Summer

Never Give Up!

The Fun Never Ends

Toxic Relief

You Can Do It!

Greater Than Us All

The Lilies of the Field

God Doesn’t Write With a Pen

Flight to Heaven

The Final Summit

Giant Steps

A Man, A Can, A Plan

Feeding a Giant

Big in Japan

Raw Power

My Dear Sisters

Become Who You Were Born to Be

Unstoppable

Great Shall Be Your Joy

One Windy Day

Curious George Flies a Kite

Oh, the Places You’ll Go!

Long Ride Home

Please remember – any poetry found on this blog, written by me, is my personal property and may not be used without my permission. The same goes for any poems that are shared in the comments section of this blog. They are the property of the person who shares them. These poems are their original work and no one may use them in any form without their express permission. It is understood that they own the copyright to it. Thanks!! 

And if you choose to post your poems on your own blog – that’s awesome. But please don’t just copy and paste my daily instructions, but rather post your poem and LINK BACK TO THIS BLOG POST for others to read the instructions. Thanks for respecting my work.

Day 6 ~ How to Write an “ing Poem” for “30 Poems in 30 Days” #NationalPoetryMonth

So, here’s a new type of poem – bet you haven’t heard of it before. It’s a super easy and quick little poem – to give your brain a break (and a heads up about Friday’s poem so you can be thinking about it ~ in all your spare time since I made today’s challenge so simple). OK, here we go ~

Today we are going to write an “ing” Poem ~ yep, an “ing” Poem

So, basically, you choose a noun (seasons and animals make good choices, but any noun that comes to mind will be great) and then list 4-6 (give or take) verbs associated with that noun and add “ing” to them. Give it a try – perhaps, create several “ing” poems.

Like this:

NOUN

verb + ing 

verb +ing 

verb +ing 

verb +ing 

verb +ing 

Here’s my example:

Grandchildren

Laughing

Playing

Loving

Caring

Sharing

Growing

OK and NOW – a heads up for the poetry form for Friday – and PLEASE WAIT UNTIL FRIDAY ~ but, if you were with me last year – you will remember this one and how much fun we had – in fact, once a few of us posted ours on FB – it went pretty crazy. Everyone wanted to join in ~ “Spine Poetry.”

I’m letting you know now so you can start reviewing the spines of books to get a feel for what poetry you can create using ONLY the spines of books stacked up on each other on their sides (DVD cases work as well). Here’s an example:

OK, now, head off and try your hand at an “ing” poem, or several, if you wish. And be thinking about what’s coming up on Friday.

And, as always, please remember: any poetry found on this blog, written by me, is my personal property and may not be used without my permission, other than sharing it as an example in a lesson or to read it to someone. The same goes for any poems that are shared in the comments of this blog or elsewhere online as a result of this challenge. They are the creative property of the person who writes them. These poems are their original work and no one may use them without their permission. It is understood that they own the copyright for to them as soon as they post them. Thanks so much!

Also, if you choose to post your poems on your own blog ~ that’s awesome. But PLEASE don’t just copy and paste my daily instructions, but rather post your poem on your blog or you FB wall or wherever AND LINK BACK TO THIS BLOG POST for others to come here to read the instructions. I’ve spent considerable time researching the poetry forms and writing them up to share with you. Thanks for respecting my work. 

Day 17 ~ 2015 “Book Spine” Poetry!!! for 30 poems in 30 days #NationalPoetryMonth

Yay!!Today is the day!!! If you have been following along all month you know that I suggested this poetry form on Sunday and that it would be fun to reveal what we come up with on Friday, TODAY!!!! So, whatcha’ got? (And if you missed it – go back to Sunday’s post and read about it and come up with whatever you can and share it when you are ready). 

If you take photos of your “Book Spine Poems” (and I think you should), try to line up the titles when you stack them up – we are only interested in the titles for this poetry form. 

I came up with ELEVEN “Book Spine” Poems, such as they are. It doesn’t really matter how many you find. But I hope you at least came up with one. Perhaps YOU are far more clever than I and your poetry is quite profound. My Book Spine Poetry is not particularly profound; well, maybe one or two give “food for thought.” But it was pretty fun putting them together.

Now, since you won’t be able to include a photo in the comments section, here is what I suggest – just write up the poem by writing a title per line in the order that you stacked them up. If you are willing and able to share a few (or a BUNCH) on FB, then do that too and say so in your comments so those who are your FB friends can find it. I also suggest that if you have your own blog, you can post them there and then link back to this and/or Sunday’s post in case your readers/followers have any questions. Cheers!!

OK, in no particular order, here are mine (I hope the formatting isn't all messed up on whatever electronic device you are reading this on. Sigh... I tried and tried to make it work):

 

Grandfather Remembers
Confessions of an
Unbalanced Woman
Coming Clean
Just the Way I Am

 

The Go-Getter
Landlord
Never Can Say Good-bye
Behind the Scenes

Elias of Elderberry 
Persuaded 
Davy Crockett and the King of the River 
Winter is Not Forever

Secrecy
Masquerade
Just One Wish
A Wrinkle in Time

  

Never Give Up! 
The Fun Never 
Ends
Toxic Relief
You Can Do It!

One Windy Day
Curious George Flies a Kite
Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
Long Ride Home

My Dear Sisters
Become Who You Were Born to Be
Unstoppable 
Great Shall Be Your Joy

 

 

Giant Steps
A Man, A Can, A Plan
Feeding a Giant
Big in Japan
Raw Power

Excuse Me
There’s an Owl in the Shower
You Can Get Over It
Once Upon a Summer

 

 I Dare You 
The Double Cross
Counting the Cost 
Don’t

 

Greater Than Us All
The Lilies of the Field
God Doesn’t Write With a Pen
Flight to Heaven
The Final Summit

Please remember – any poetry found on this blog, written by me, is my personal property and may not be used without my permission. The same goes for any poems that are shared in the comments section of this blog. They are the property of the person who shares them. These poems are their original work and no one may use them in any form without their express permission. It is understood that they own the copyright to it. Thanks!! 

And if you choose to post your poems on your own blog – that’s awesome. But please don’t just copy and paste my daily instructions, but rather post your poem and LINK BACK TO THIS BLOG POST for others to read the instructions. Thanks for respecting my work.