Spine Poetry – 10
The concept of book spine poetry appeared in 1993 with Nina Katchadourianβs 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.
Katchadourianβs Sorted Book Project manages to become more than an experiment in medium. Her playful photographed poems are sometimes cleverly arranged jokes or amusing images, but at other times, they are short and stunning thoughts on the nature of art and artists. You can see all the series at her website.
Between the Headlines
Crorepati Turns Roadpati
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Dear John
Never Mind Yaar
Shades of Life
Twists and Turns
Trust Your Intuition
Knock out Challenges
You can be Healthy
You can WIN!!
Linking this post to the Ultimate Blog Challenge and Octoberβs NaBloPoMo.
October 29, 2013 9:31 pm|
Twists and turns offer varying shades of life so that John can trust his intuition as well as experience to win π
Destination Infinity
October 29, 2013 10:02 pm|
Absolutely! π
October 29, 2013 9:44 pm|
Shilpa this is fantastic. I cannot even think of creating such a poem.
October 29, 2013 10:03 pm|
Thank you Ma’am. Glad you liked this attempt π
October 29, 2013 10:04 pm|
Lovely…like always π
October 29, 2013 10:05 pm|
Thanks Kajal π
October 29, 2013 10:14 pm|
letter to a friend, interesting verse Shilpa π
October 29, 2013 10:15 pm|
Thks Reshma π
October 29, 2013 11:10 pm|
I think you wrote the poem first and then the books were written. lovely.
October 30, 2013 11:14 am|
Awweee!! π Thanks Kalpana π
October 29, 2013 11:44 pm|
Interesting it is, Shilpa!!
October 30, 2013 11:15 am|
Thank you Ankita π
October 30, 2013 5:50 am|
Very nice poetry. Just FYI. Nina developed this concept in Half Moon Bay, a small town in the San Francisco Bay Area.
October 30, 2013 11:16 am|
Aha! That’s nice. You live around that area na??
October 30, 2013 12:05 pm|
That was cool, Shilpa ji π nice one, and a superb advice to John π
btw, could u pls tell me which is the book whose spine is hidden π the juicy one ?
October 30, 2013 12:24 pm|
Glad you liked that Sreeja! π
The hidden book is Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol.
October 30, 2013 1:15 pm|
so many books err…lines. you are an ace in spine poetry now. and you have almost finished the nablopomo and challenge. tomorrow is the winning day:)
October 30, 2013 1:38 pm|
LOL π Thank you so much Asha!!
Yeah, the challenge is finally coming to an end tomorrow!! Thank you for all your support! Appreciate it π
October 30, 2013 1:57 pm|
Oh this was awesome!
October 30, 2013 2:01 pm|
Thank you Aditi π
October 30, 2013 3:21 pm|
hahahaha loved the last few lines π
October 30, 2013 7:06 pm|
Thanks π
October 30, 2013 4:10 pm|
A ‘Dear John’ letter with a difference! π
October 30, 2013 7:07 pm|
Aha! You remember the earlier one!! π
October 30, 2013 6:29 pm|
awesome!! this one is one of ur best in spine poetry! i bet it was tough to put it together!!
October 30, 2013 7:09 pm|
Thanks LP. Glad you liked this one. Hmmm… actually, the last 4 titles had been in my thoughts for a long time and I really wanted to create something with these titles. So, this time, I was determined to use these book spines and rest fell in place too! π
October 31, 2013 1:23 am|
As always…. Interesting! π
October 31, 2013 3:32 pm|
Thank you Sheethal π
October 31, 2013 9:29 am|
This indeed takes a lot of talent to do. Lovely. π
October 31, 2013 3:39 pm|
Thank you so much, Jyothi π
November 1, 2013 5:12 pm|
interesting concept…
November 11, 2013 2:37 pm|
When are you trying this one? π
November 1, 2013 8:43 pm|
Pretty neat one that, Shilpa!
November 11, 2013 2:37 pm|
Thanks Rachna π
November 6, 2013 9:14 am|
I love your spine poetry! And it is through you I came to know about it. What an interesting set of titles you arranged π
November 11, 2013 2:38 pm|
You must try it with your set of books too, Richa! Waiting π