Spine Poetry – 9
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.
Katchadourian’s 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.
I came across this image which explains Spine Poetry so well…
Ok, here’s my today’s Spine Poetry
Diary of a Wimpy Vampire
And the Mountains Echoed
How about a Sin Tonight?
Murder on the Orient Express
Tasty Eating for Healthy Living
Cloud 9 minus One
You Never Know When You’ll Get Lucky!
Linking this post to the Ultimate Blog Challenge and October’s NaBloPoMo.
October 10, 2013 6:18 pm|
That was very creative !! Finding the right books and aligning them in the best possible order to create a poetry 🙂
Cheers !
October 10, 2013 7:27 pm|
So, when are you creating your poetry with spines, Sreeja 🙂
October 10, 2013 7:00 pm|
That is a lovely idea. Will try it when I get home 🙂
October 10, 2013 7:28 pm|
Thanks 🙂 Looking forward to your spine poetry, Ava! 🙂
October 10, 2013 7:11 pm|
Oh, I must try this too. You created a beautiful Spiral Poetry. 🙂
October 10, 2013 7:29 pm|
Thanks Jyothi. Try it… it’s fun 🙂
October 10, 2013 7:27 pm|
Yeah I’ve read some of this before. You did it so well.
October 10, 2013 7:30 pm|
Thank you OM 🙂
October 10, 2013 8:55 pm|
Will give this a try.
October 10, 2013 9:52 pm|
Super!! 🙂
October 10, 2013 9:10 pm|
Very creative. I like this.
October 10, 2013 9:52 pm|
Thanks SG. Glad you liked this one 🙂
October 10, 2013 9:34 pm|
What fun that is! My Mom often arranged her bookshelf like that! 😀
October 10, 2013 9:54 pm|
Wow! How cool is that, Vidya! 🙂 Your mom is so inspiring. 🙂
October 10, 2013 10:04 pm|
Thats very interesting…I would love to try this too.
October 11, 2013 10:38 pm|
Do it Sugandha, would love to see this type of poetry on your blog too 🙂
October 10, 2013 10:05 pm|
Cool and so creative!!! Love reading your spine poetry. Fun. ♥
October 11, 2013 10:23 pm|
Thanks Kathy! Are you trying some at your end? ♥
October 10, 2013 10:43 pm|
i tried and tried, but i don’t seem to have ur style and knack!!
October 11, 2013 10:28 pm|
Oh! Try with 2-3 friends, it would be fun doing this together with diverse creative thoughts 🙂
October 10, 2013 10:45 pm|
I love spine poetry and am so glad I learnt it from you before.
I wanna try some more but all my books are not with me 🙁 So maybe when i get hold of them, I would!
October 11, 2013 10:30 pm|
Try it at a book store or a library, till you get your books 😀
October 11, 2013 12:21 am|
Superbly done Shilpa!!Loved the lip-smacking delicious poetry you have dished out today 🙂
October 11, 2013 10:31 pm|
Thanks Reshma! Glad you enjoyed it 🙂 ♥
October 11, 2013 12:29 am|
This one is a spine tingling poetry 🙂
October 11, 2013 10:32 pm|
😀 Thanks Jayashree 🙂
October 11, 2013 9:35 am|
Imagine the time and effort for this well thought ideas.
October 11, 2013 10:33 pm|
😀 Thanks…. it may take some time but when you get it, the feeling is awesome 😀
October 11, 2013 12:08 pm|
Creativity has no limits and this one proves it 🙂 Well done Shilpaa 🙂
October 11, 2013 10:34 pm|
Thank you Saurabh 🙂
October 11, 2013 2:31 pm|
‘Spine poetry’ could be used in suspense thrillers to send messages!
October 11, 2013 10:35 pm|
Fab idea 😀
October 11, 2013 4:48 pm|
Thanks to you I came to know about this kind of poetry. And then I tried it with apoorva as well. We both enjoyed it a lot! And I agree with proactive Indian, it should be added to suspense thrillers 🙂
October 11, 2013 10:37 pm|
Wow! Agree, doing SP with friends is so much fun. I did once with my sisters and we had such crazy thoughts and ideas! Agree why dont you use this in your story somewhere 🙂
October 12, 2013 6:41 pm|
Somehow,for whatever reason,I haven’t been able to do this.
PAPPU fail Ho GAYA
October 13, 2013 12:03 pm|
Oh it’s ok! What matters is that you tried 🙂