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.
36 Responses
That was very creative !! Finding the right books and aligning them in the best possible order to create a poetry 🙂
Cheers !
So, when are you creating your poetry with spines, Sreeja 🙂
That is a lovely idea. Will try it when I get home 🙂
Thanks 🙂 Looking forward to your spine poetry, Ava! 🙂
Oh, I must try this too. You created a beautiful Spiral Poetry. 🙂
Thanks Jyothi. Try it… it’s fun 🙂
Yeah I’ve read some of this before. You did it so well.
Thank you OM 🙂
Will give this a try.
Super!! 🙂
Very creative. I like this.
Thanks SG. Glad you liked this one 🙂
What fun that is! My Mom often arranged her bookshelf like that! 😀
Wow! How cool is that, Vidya! 🙂 Your mom is so inspiring. 🙂
Thats very interesting…I would love to try this too.
Do it Sugandha, would love to see this type of poetry on your blog too 🙂
Cool and so creative!!! Love reading your spine poetry. Fun. ♥
Thanks Kathy! Are you trying some at your end? ♥
i tried and tried, but i don’t seem to have ur style and knack!!
Oh! Try with 2-3 friends, it would be fun doing this together with diverse creative thoughts 🙂
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!
Try it at a book store or a library, till you get your books 😀
Superbly done Shilpa!!Loved the lip-smacking delicious poetry you have dished out today 🙂
Thanks Reshma! Glad you enjoyed it 🙂 ♥
This one is a spine tingling poetry 🙂
😀 Thanks Jayashree 🙂
Imagine the time and effort for this well thought ideas.
😀 Thanks…. it may take some time but when you get it, the feeling is awesome 😀
Creativity has no limits and this one proves it 🙂 Well done Shilpaa 🙂
Thank you Saurabh 🙂
‘Spine poetry’ could be used in suspense thrillers to send messages!
Fab idea 😀
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 🙂
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 🙂
Somehow,for whatever reason,I haven’t been able to do this.
PAPPU fail Ho GAYA
Oh it’s ok! What matters is that you tried 🙂