{"id":23038,"date":"2013-12-13T00:15:26","date_gmt":"2013-12-13T04:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=23038"},"modified":"2013-12-13T00:43:37","modified_gmt":"2013-12-13T04:43:37","slug":"book-spine-poetry-at-city-of-fairfax-regional-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=23038","title":{"rendered":"Book Spine Poetry at City of Fairfax Regional Library"},"content":{"rendered":"

This month, the person who had reserved the display case had to cancel, so my co-worker Lynne Imre used an idea that Suzanne Levy had suggested from seeing Travis Jonker’s 100 Scope Notes<\/a> blog: Book Spine Poetry<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Lynne started off the display case with this poem about poetry (with the beginning borrowed from one on Travis’s blog):<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

How to Write Poetry
\nBrainstorm!
\nWhere Yesterday Lives
\nWhere Dreams Begin
\nWhere the Heart Leads
\nWhere Wonders Prevail
\nPoetry Matters<\/p>\n

Here’s my contribution, with the last line suggested by my co-worker, Karen Jakl:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Oh, Look!
\nSnow Day!
\nLet’s Go Nuts!
\nYou Can Do Anything, Daddy!
\nRed Sled
\nAll Aboard!
\nDon’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!<\/p>\n

Here’s another poem I wrote, feeling a little cynical — but it ends happy!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The Liar in Your Life
\nLies! Lies!! LIES!!!
\nDeep Deception 2
\nPack of Lies
\n“I Love You But I Don’t Trust You”
\nYou Don’t Have to Take It Anymore
\nBreaking Free
\nFree from Lies
\nIt’s My Life Now<\/p>\n

And one more by me:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Why I Wake Early
\nThe Rooster Crows
\nThe Dogs Bark
\nBaby Says “Moo!”<\/p>\n

Now come more by Lynne Imre. I especially like this next one:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Cinderella
\nFour Past Midnight
\nRunaway
\nSweet Dreams
\nIf the Shoe Fits
\nNow We Can Have a Wedding!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Where the Wild Things Are
\nBeside a Burning Sea
\nUnder the Volcano
\nBeneath Blue Waters
\nAround the Next Corner
\nRight Here with You
\nRUN<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
\nOutside Your Window
\nWaiting for Wings
\nA Home for Bird<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Have You Seen Bugs?
\nWhat’s That Bug?
\nInsects
\nThe Beatles
\nHooray for Fly Guy!
\nSpider-Man The Venom Factor
\nSpider Web
\nI Love Bugs!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

What’s the Big Idea, Molly?
\nThink Big
\nBig Plans
\nThe Big Game
\nThe Big Leap
\nThe Big Bang
\nThe Big Kerplop!<\/p>\n

And here’s one by Lisa Treichler. It’s a conversation, so I’ll use italics for the second speaker.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Kitty Cat, Kitty Cat, Are You Going to Sleep?
\nWhen the Library Lights Go Out
\nAbsolutely Not
\nI Don’t Want to Go to Bed!
\nThere’s a Monster Under my Bed<\/em>
\nMonsters Are Afraid of the Moon
\nWhen the Moon Is Full
\nTake Another Look
\nI See the Moon
\nGo Away, Big Green Monster!
\n“I’m Not Scared!”
\nI Am So Strong.<\/em><\/p>\n

Another co-worker, Carla Pruefer, made one, but I didn’t get a picture. Here are the words:<\/p>\n

Board Stiff
\nA Dying Fall
\nLook Around
\nDead Lawyers Tell No Tales<\/p>\n

These are such fun once you get started! We are hoping some library patrons will catch the bug and write some more poems for us to display. Come to City of Fairfax Regional Library and write your own!<\/p>\n

Tweet<\/a>