Meandering around the internet last night led me here
and then here, where I was inspired by this very cool response to a book spine poetry
challenge:
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| In case it wasn't clear, this picture's from here |
On seeing this, my husband immediately shuffled off to our bookshelf and returned
with this (as well as a determination to “buy any second hand book that has a
verb in the title”):
The lighting is a little dodgy; it says:
The prince
the little prince
burning for revenge
in a sunburned country
The idiot
the idiot
looking for Alibrandi
in the company of cheerful ladies
And I, being far less poetically-able than any of the
above, came up with this:
I love both poems.
ReplyDeleteI can't believe you have two copies of The Idiot!
You can see my paltry attempt here and feel better about yours :)
http://scrappamammy.blogspot.com.au/2012/08/book-spine-poetry.html
Yes- As a bowerbird collects blue, so Alan collects Dostoevsky.
DeleteHehe I'm inspired - though slightly limited by a lack of prepositions...
ReplyDeleteThree Men in a Boat(:)
Dracula
Frankenstein
Kim
Journey to the West;
Out of the Silent Planet
The Dark is Rising.
East of the Mountains -
The Wasteland.
I love it! You obviously have more of a gift for poetry-writing than I do, Lou!
DeleteThe other one is playlist poetry - on mine, just by alphabetic coincidence, 'I'm Alive' sits right next to 'I'm Not Dead' :)
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DeleteIs playlist poetry just seeing what songs are grouped together, or do you create a poem using song titles? Not that I need new ways to procrastinate...
Not sure really - I just kind of made it up. It's always just tickled me that those two songs ended up next to each other. Whatever takes your fancy I guess :)
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