Kick the Poetry Can’ts #14
This is so easy and so much fun. It’s called a Spine Poem. And just like Kick the Poetry Can’ts #12 the idea is to use complete phrases and not add in any extra words. For this poem I limited myself to just books I had on my young adult novel shelves but wander around your house and grab some books and make a spine poem of your own. If you don’t have a lot of books to choose from, how about using some food items from your kitchen shelves?
Here’s mine: you can click on the picture to see it full size and read it more easily.
How it’s done
Blind faith
stand tall
trouble
speak
shiver
contents under pressure
send me down a miracle
countdown
smack
crash
girl overboard
too big a storm
the facts speak for themselves
the sky is everywhere
take me there
dreamland
Your turn!
Original art by Susan Taylor Brown
Shift–
Crash into me,
just as long as we’re together.
Just listen:
Unwind,
Need,
Speak,
Thaw.
Some girls are
Trying hard to hear you;
I know what you did last summer.
The boys on the rock:
They never came home
After
Hugging the rock.
Love this, Jenn. Aren’t these fun? I have been meaning to play with them for a while and never got around to it. Thanks for using my book in your poem.
Yes, especially when I was able to form sentences without adding or changing any words.
And I thought it appropriate to do a little homage to our hostess.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato pie Society
Airs and Graces
Stardust
Paradise Fields
The wind off the sea
Charlotte Street
The Old Girl Network
Past Secrets
- Anne McKenna
Oh Anne, this one was fun. Did you like it?
I love those last two lines!