In late October, Hannah threw down the gauntlet and challenged me to write a spine poem. The concept is brilliantly simple: use the titles of the books on your bookshelf to build a poem. This allows me to repurpose my favorite titles into a piece of my own, and it gives you a glimpse into my personal library. Easy? Peasy? Lemon Squeezy? Hannah advised she'd let me cheat and add a word or two of my own; however, I decided to see this one through without it.
I couldn't settle on one final product, so I've brought you four spine poems today. So have a look a around! I tried very hard to keep only my most favorite titles while building these poems, do you recognize any of them as favorites of your own? Tell me all about it in the comments!
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the anxious object
rotten stiff
a clockwork orange engine empire.
The birthday of the world
my mother: demonology.
Do androids dream of electric sheep?
The elephant vanishes.
Art and fear stand still
like the hummingbird.
Dance dance revolution
never let me go.
A canticle for Liebowitz,
fear and loathing
in Las Vegas in caddis wood.
Pussy, King of the Pirates.
Alias Grace.
All of tomorrow's parties
trash St. Lucy's home for girls raised by wolves.
17 comments:
Oh I love spine poetry .. this is simply too good... You seem to have a wonderful bookshelf to dig from. When I dis that I lacked English booktitles .. but after a lot of struggle I managed to do some short ones, and yes I think the androids do dream of Electric sheep..
This is just amazing, Izy. You have several books on my "To Read Before I Die" list, like Androids, some I've read, like Alias Grace and many I need to search out. Thanks for this innovative glimpse into your literary world... and for a few portraits of kitty.
Wonderful!
I'm on my way to the hospital. And for some reason, I just know that I will spend all day thinking about "the anxious object/rotten stiff".
Great arrangement!
"A Canticle for Liebowitz" is one I love - read it twice. I am a sci-fi junkie. Just finished Ringworld by Larry Nivens (trying to catchup on some of the older ones) wonderful.
Your spine poems are very nice. I need tory that sometime.
I believe you aced it.
Ha! This could not be easier. I have a thousand titles to choose from! Fun prompt!
Cool, Izy! I love your books.
I see this is not a prompt, but I did one anyway, such fun! Izy, I love your books, the photos, your wonderful cat and, most especially, your closing lines. THAT is a book that would be fun to read. Someone should write it!!!!
i tried it
http://myblog-lunchbreak.blogspot.com/2014/11/1539.html
much love...
Izzy!! You rocked this challenge on every level! Thank you so much for taking this on and for doing it in such a fun and creative way! I'm with Kerry and everyone else...you have an excellent library and I love the way you made this more personal by bringing in your awesome home and kitty! xoxo Thank you!!
"The birthday of the world
my mother: demonology."
Fantastic pairing.
cool, Izy
Thanks for taking the time to read everyone!!! And a special thanks to Hannah for reaching out and pushing me into a new creative space.
I have never heard of spine poetry. Great to learn something new and see such a great example of it!
i would have guessed that was your book collection, Izy :)
These are always fun. Art and Fear sounds intriguing.
Spiral poetry is really tough and you have done a great job!
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