BOOK SPINE POETRY - A BIT of SILLINESS

 

A BIT of SILLINESS for SATURDAY!   

BOOK-SPINE-POETRY 
 

THE CHALLENGE:   Use the TITLES of BOOKS to CREATE a POEM.

It's FUN!  Give it a try!

Here's my (silly)attempt:   (See transcript below)

photo by PSC /2012

Marriage lines?  A Separate Peace? 

The Book of Questions. 

How Did it Begin?

The Little Prince -- he’s got 

the whole world in his pants.

Mythology!  

 Uh oh… 

viva la repartee.

True love?  

 The age of fable! 

Maybe (maybe not)

‘Scuse me while I kiss this guy…

Miracles, morning glories & moonflowers!

Good garden magic on the wing

for one more day.

In case you're curious, here's my book list: 

Marriage Lines by Ogden Nash - a fun bit of silliness!  

A Separate Peace by John Knowles - serious reading. 

The Book of Questions by Pablo Neruda - excellent poetry!

How Did it Begin? by R. Brasch - hundreds of little known facts!

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint Exupery - a classic!

He’s Got the Whole World in his Pants by Gavin Edwards - humorous collection of mis-heard lyrics

Mythology by Edith Hamilton - self-explanatory

Uh-Oh by Robert Fulghum - amusing observations from both sides of the refrigerator door

Viva la Repartee Dr. Mardy Grothe - clever comebacks & witty retorts

True Love by Robert Fulghum - stories told to and by Robert Fulghum 

The Age of Fable Bulfinch's Mythology - just what it sounds like

Maybe (Maybe Not) by Robert Fulghum - second thoughts from a secret life

‘Scuse Me While I Kiss This Guy by Gavin Edwards - more mis-heard lyrics

Miracles by Lewis - poems written by children

Morning Glories & Moonflowers by Anne Halpin - a gardening book

Good Garden Magic by Celia Toler - another gardening book

On The Wing by Bruce Brooks- birds, from feathers to flight

For One More Day by Mitch Albom - serious nostalgia

WANT TO SEE MORE? 

Check out the book-spine-poems of these folks:

(And then -- go play with your books!)

• Carrie Cuinn - carriecuinn.com 
• Maria Popova - brainpickings.org
• Candlewick Press - pinterest.com - I am not sleepy  
• Candlewick Press - pinterest.com - kiss the cow  
• Travis Jonker - 100scopenotes.com
• Catherine - oneinchtall 
• Hannah Gosselin - wordrustling 
• Lynn Daue - rhymes with tao