I came across an interesting method of forming poems, Book Spine Poetry, from The Tripping Pencil (who credits a site called Brain Pickings for the idea). You take a few books from your collection and arrange the titles to form a poem.
I modified mine slightly to allow one extraneous word at the beginning of each line. You are encouraged to snap a photo of your stack of books comprising the poem if you choose, though I decided to forgo a photo.
Here is my first effort at Book Spine Poetry:
Underneath The Glass Castle,
Lies Angela’s Ashes.
Somewhere East of Eden,
Residents of The Town and The City
Collect Flowers for Algernon.
September 30, 2012 at 12:45 am
Great idea. Brain pickings is the brainchild of Maria Popova. Definitely worth at least following her on Twitter. She’s got a lot of neat things going on.
September 30, 2012 at 12:02 pm
Thanks Melissa – I think I will check out her twitter feed. Brain Pickings does look like it has a wealth of great information and ideas.