S is for… Spine Poetry – 7
The concept of book spine poetry appeared in 1993 with Nina Katchadourian’s Sorted Books project. Katchadourian began collecting interesting titles and arranging them in clusters so the spines could be read like a sentence(s) or poem.
I Never Thought I Could Fall in Love…
Two Fates… Twists and Turns
Those Small Lil Things
Table for Two… Love Over Coffee
Vivek and I
Absolutely Nuts
Unexpected Blessings
The Great Indian Love Story
Just Married. Please Excuse… 3’s a Crowd!
April 21, 2013 7:16 pm|
Wow! Superb!
April 22, 2013 9:12 am|
Thanks Deeps 🙂
April 21, 2013 7:26 pm|
That’s fantastic! I never heard of spine poetry before. I’m going to see what I can make up from my books.
April 22, 2013 9:12 am|
Aha! You must try it out with your books, Clarissa 🙂
April 22, 2013 12:21 am|
Brilliant! Now you have more food for thought for me (typing while scanning the book case 😉
Cheers
L
April 22, 2013 9:13 am|
Thanks L. Looking forward now to your poetry with books 🙂
April 22, 2013 1:25 am|
This is so very intelligent…excellent !
April 22, 2013 9:13 am|
Thank you K! Glad you liked it! 🙂
April 22, 2013 3:23 am|
Great Shilpa!! Very imaginanative and captivating!!
April 22, 2013 9:13 am|
Thanks Ma’am 🙂
April 22, 2013 3:29 am|
That is superb ! 😀 😀 😀 😀
April 22, 2013 9:14 am|
Thanks you D 🙂
April 22, 2013 3:31 am|
Its an interesting past time. I am at those whenever I get a chance 🙂
PhenoMenon
http://capturedalive.wordpress.com/2013/04/22/stop/
April 22, 2013 9:14 am|
I know, seen a few on Meena’s blog too. In fact I got to know first about SP from her blog! 🙂
April 22, 2013 3:56 am|
i remember,you wrote about this in an earlier post.
April 22, 2013 9:15 am|
No, Mr Chowla, this is a brand new Spine Poetry! 😛
April 22, 2013 4:02 am|
A good story with titles. 🙂
April 22, 2013 9:15 am|
Thanks Indrani 🙂
April 22, 2013 4:03 am|
Spell bound at your creativity!
April 22, 2013 9:16 am|
Awww! You are too generous with words, Asha 🙂
April 22, 2013 4:59 am|
I love your spine poetry posts! 🙂
April 22, 2013 9:16 am|
Glad you like them, DC:)
April 22, 2013 5:25 am|
I made one too sometime back should put it up sometime. 🙂
April 22, 2013 9:17 am|
Cool! Looking forward to see it on your blog soon 🙂
April 22, 2013 5:31 am|
so imaginative Shilpa.. I must try this one day !
April 22, 2013 9:17 am|
You MUST, Ruchira 🙂
April 22, 2013 5:46 am|
Spine poetry for me is the most difficult…
Bt u do it effortlessly…
Wow yaar!
April 22, 2013 9:18 am|
Thanks Satya. Try it, it is not all that difficult! Just keep gazing at the titles, something will always come up! 🙂
April 22, 2013 5:50 am|
Super! and way too cool.
April 22, 2013 9:18 am|
Thank you Janaki 🙂
April 22, 2013 6:05 am|
Awesome Shilpa!! Did not know such a thing before this!! Thanks for the new lesson. 🙂
April 22, 2013 9:19 am|
Happy to enlighten, Naina :))
April 22, 2013 6:10 am|
Again , good idea. I m awed by the creative mind here,
April 22, 2013 9:19 am|
Thank you so much, Anil 🙂
April 22, 2013 6:52 am|
I saw this kinda poetry in some blogs
Interesting and creative
🙂
Good day
April 22, 2013 9:19 am|
It sure is! Try it out sometime, Afshan 🙂
April 22, 2013 6:53 am|
Wow – I love how you did that. You must have a great collection of books. You are so clever.
April 22, 2013 9:20 am|
Yes, I have somewhat OK collection of books 🙂
April 22, 2013 7:09 am|
Did u post this on fb. don’t remember seeing it
April 22, 2013 9:21 am|
No, havent posted this one on FB yet. Created this last night! 🙂
April 22, 2013 8:16 am|
Never heard of the concept of spine poetry before.
Good idea. Very thoughtful certainly.
Who says poetry and Shilpa don’t get along? I think this is the beginning of a great friendship.
April 22, 2013 9:23 am|
This is a gaining acceptance and in fact in Bangalore, they had a Book Spine Poetry Contest too recently.
Ah! This is the only ‘poetry’ I know I can ever do…. the Laxmi, Preetilata and Sri Devi kind of poetry is just not my cup of tea! 😀
April 22, 2013 8:58 am|
Lol…superb! Brilliant idea!
Thumbs up!
April 22, 2013 9:23 am|
Thank you so much, Dishit! 🙂
April 22, 2013 9:40 am|
HAHAHA!! F**kin awesome 😀 😀
April 22, 2013 10:32 am|
😀 Glad to send some smiles your way, Priyaa 🙂
April 22, 2013 10:13 am|
You have found a short cut here 😛
But amazing combo of titles!
April 22, 2013 10:32 am|
Shortcut?? Didnt get that!! 😛
April 23, 2013 11:17 am|
Chodo!!! U understood what I was saying 😛
April 22, 2013 10:59 am|
that’s a big one! putting together a whole story in book titles..wow!! cool job! bowled!
April 24, 2013 12:57 pm|
Thanks LP. Yeah, for the first time tried with so many books! 🙂
April 22, 2013 12:12 pm|
I absolutely love spine poetry and yours one is superb. Greatttttttt! And you say that you and poetry are not made for each other. 😛
April 24, 2013 12:59 pm|
Ah! This one is easy… I cant do the way you, Sridevi and Laxmi write. You all are fabulous!
Have you done Spine Poetry on your blog?
April 22, 2013 1:55 pm|
never tried spine poetry and actually I am beginning to warm myself to attempting one—- good one shilpa 🙂
April 24, 2013 1:00 pm|
You must try it out, Priya 🙂
April 22, 2013 2:39 pm|
Your poem is an actual poem 🙂 I have also written a book-spine-poem. Last year I had participated in the National Poetry writing month challenge and a new friend, Chris had introduced me to this art form. I love it and am so glad to see your poem.
April 24, 2013 1:00 pm|
Wow! That’s cool. Glad you liked this SP, I loved yours too 🙂
April 22, 2013 3:11 pm|
Hat trick Shilpa ! Third innovative post in a row. ‘Hat ke ‘ as they say 🙂
Will try as soon as possible. Thank you for the idea of spine poetry.Loved it !
April 24, 2013 1:02 pm|
LOL 😀 Thanks Sharmila. Glad you like the variety served here 😀
You must… looking forward to your poetry with books on your blog! 🙂
April 22, 2013 3:57 pm|
You get better and better at this, Shilpa. You know how much I enjoy this.
April 24, 2013 1:03 pm|
You did just one SP on your blog, Corinne… waiting for your second Spine Poetry 🙂 Thanks 🙂
April 22, 2013 6:46 pm|
wow this one was a very long poetry. Loved it!
April 24, 2013 1:03 pm|
Yeah! Managed a long one this time. Thanks A 🙂
April 22, 2013 8:06 pm|
Awesome!! I especially lol’ed at the last line!! 😀
April 24, 2013 1:03 pm|
😀
April 22, 2013 8:08 pm|
I would have never thought to do that. That was fantastic.
April 24, 2013 1:04 pm|
Oh yes, you can! Try it out, sometime!
April 22, 2013 8:25 pm|
Soo much of books. … Gosh! I’m so jealous. But loved the poetry. 🙂
-Fellow Blogger from A to Z!
April 24, 2013 1:04 pm|
LOL 😀 Thanks 🙂
April 23, 2013 5:09 am|
Shilpa, how many times I see this on your blog and think to do at least once with the 5 or 6 books I have…but never tried 🙁
April 24, 2013 1:05 pm|
Now, give up on your laziness, Latha! Stand in front of your books and create a magical spine poetry NOW… Am waiting 😀
April 23, 2013 6:42 am|
This is so brilliant Shilpa and err someone said the other day that she’s unable to do poetry 🙂
April 24, 2013 1:07 pm|
This one is so juvenile, Sri! You, Preetilata and Laxmi are pro poetesses… I am in awe of all 3 of you!! 😀
April 23, 2013 10:41 am|
Awesome Shilpa.. I came to know about the spine poetry through your blog posts and loved the idea. I have read most of the spine poetry you have posted and loved them.
April 24, 2013 1:07 pm|
Thanks Seena. Glad you like the SPs here! When are you trying your SPs ?
April 23, 2013 5:45 pm|
This is simply superb! I am dying to try this out.
April 24, 2013 1:08 pm|
Do that, Shail… it is so cool and the happiness at the end of arranging the titles is awesome 🙂
April 24, 2013 7:11 am|
You always come up with something special and this one deserves a standing applause 🙂
I too wrote a poem from the title of several blogs though I never knew if I could call it Spine poetry!!
April 24, 2013 1:09 pm|
Thanks a lot, Hemant. Glad you like the variety of posts here on this blog!
You did it with books or blog titles??
April 25, 2013 3:16 pm|
Absolutely Awesome 🙂
April 26, 2013 9:38 am|
Thank you Jayashree 🙂
July 18, 2013 7:43 am|
Wow… this is something new… Would love to try… Thanks for the idea