{"id":29195,"date":"2020-04-16T11:13:32","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T16:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/?p=29195"},"modified":"2020-04-17T13:39:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-17T18:39:00","slug":"national-poetry-month-create-book-spine-poetry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/2020\/04\/national-poetry-month-create-book-spine-poetry\/","title":{"rendered":"National Poetry Month: Create Book Spine Poetry"},"content":{"rendered":"

April is National Poetry Month<\/a>, and this April, particularly, is a perfect time to discover poetry. One way to enjoy poetry is to read it; the other way is to write it.<\/p>\n

\u201cPoetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.\u201d — Leonard Cohen<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I\u2019ve found one of the most enjoyable ways to write poetry is to create book spine<\/a> poetry<\/a>. Book spine poetry is considered \u201cfound\u201d poetry; that is, a poem made up of words from other sources. You, the poet, aren\u2019t writing the words, trying to fit a form, or looking for words that rhyme. Instead, with book spine poetry, you simply arrange books so their titles to create a poem.<\/p>\n

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Phil Shaw’s book spine poetry.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A timely book spine poem by Phil Shaw<\/a> made its way around Twitter recently, though author Stephen King was \u201cunconvinced . . . these are real covers.\u201d<\/a> (Why? The fourth book from the left on the top shelf is supposed to be King\u2019s bestseller It<\/em>. King points out that the artwork seems wrong and his name is misspelled.)<\/p>\n

Still, Shaw\u2019s quarantine project got me working on my own book spine poems. While I have a pretty full bookshelf at work, I have even more books at home. And more variety. I\u2019ve had fun throwing together some poems. It\u2019s easier than trying to find a word that rhymes with \u201cquarantine.\u201d<\/p>\n

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One of Professor Mazzie’s book spine poems.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What can you create? Send pics of your book spine poetry to me<\/a> and we\u2019ll create another post with all the submissions.<\/p>\n

UPDATE (4\/17\/2020): Student Affairs Specialist Sarah DiStefano and I both had cats on the brain when we created these poems.<\/p>\n

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Professor Mazzie’s poem on “What Cats Think.”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Thanks for sharing, Sarah!<\/p>\n

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Poem by Sarah DiStefano, Student Affairs Specialist<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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