Saturday, December 8, 2012

Saturday’s Spine Poetry - 1

Poetry and me are like East and West, never the twain shall meet! I just can’t comprehend poems. Period!

Then came across a new form of poetry on Meena’s Space. This poetry really fascinated me.
No, the sonnets, verses, ballads, prose etc are still Greek and Latin to me. This poetry is Different like the Maggi Tomato Ketchup!

Presenting for the first time on this blog...
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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.

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Lolita, My Gal Sunday, Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Pretend You Don’t See Her.

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Lolita, Where Are You Now? Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Weep No More My lady.
P.S. I Love You.
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  1. Brilliant!!! Absolutely loved it...

    Ps. You can't do this with kindly :-)

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    1. Thanks Prateek! :) Thrilled that you liked this! :)
      Why dont you do this Spine Poetry with your collection of books! It would be fun doing this together in a group!
      Yes, with Kindle all this is not possible!!

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  2. Great !!

    This Tomato Ketchup poetry needs few titles and arranging them in some particular order. Cursing my Kindle now .. LOL :-)))

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  3. Awesome concept.....:p.I will try this using my books. And thanks for pointing to the blog..:)

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    1. P.S - can you plz give the link to the blog 'Spine poetry'. I tried clicking on the image.

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    2. Hi! Glad you liked this!! :)
      Sure try it out! Would love to see your Spine Poetry!
      Here's the link... http://www.ninakatchadourian.com/languagetranslation/sortedbooks.php

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  4. What a brilliant concept! Poetry and me are way apart too - but this poetry I want to do too :) Let me see what my books say :)

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    1. Glad you liked this concept, Smitha! Wow! That would be simply awesome! Would love to see the poems your books will share!! Looking forward to your book spine poetry! :)

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  5. Interesting concept Shilpa :) It helps that you have a great book collection...

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    1. Yes Reshma! I have noted down a few spine poems already from my collection. I guess, I'll be able to run a series on spine poetry. Thanks :)

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  6. brilliant concept i must say.....and this is what creativity is all about, one can create such a marvelous thing simply by arrenging them in proper order.

    loved this concept and looking forward to see more in your upcoming series...:)

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    1. Oh yes, agree, a bit of out of box thinking and you have something different and creative! Glad you liked this concept! This positive feedback has geared me up for the next one in the series!! And that is coming up this Saturday! Stay tuned!! :)

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  7. This is fantastic!
    You have a good collection to make sentences.

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    1. I liked this concept a lot too! Yes, with my collection, I'll be able to manage quite a few Spine Poetry! :)

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  8. I am not sure if I can come up with something meaningful with my collection of non-fiction books. Maybe I can, but taking books and rearranging them back in the shelves is too much of effort, for me!

    Destination Infinity

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    1. I just joined a facebook group on Spine Poetry and was seeing some on Google also and came across a lot of SP with non-fiction too! So, SP with non-fiction is possible too! Try it out! :)

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  9. Oh this is super-cool! What a fantastic concept! I'm not at all into poetry and this seems like worth a try :).

    Loved your spine-poetry, Shilpa!

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    1. Thanks Deeps! It would be fun, the more the merrier, so arrange your books and create a SP... Looking forward to your poems with books, Deeps!! :)

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  10. Got to see this post through my friend Meena Menon...great effort, Shilpa...liked your spine poetry...could you please join the FB group we have started for spine poetry lovers and recommend our group to like-minded people...would be nice too if you could add yours there...thanks!
    Where's your spine (poetry)?
    https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/215541995244298/

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    1. Thanks Sabina! Glad to join the Spine Poetry page on FB. It's a wonderful forum to see so many creative poems with the books! Thanks for sharing it and look forward to lots of action there! :)

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  11. good one shilpa; nice will try it too !

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    1. Thanks Priya! Would love to see your spine poetry! :)

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  12. This is so good. I love the concept.. not seen much of it.

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    1. Thks Manjulika! Glad you liked it! Why dont you try it out too! :)

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    2. Oh ya!! thought about it..but dint think of trying out.. thnx for suggesting..

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  13. Doesn't matter how much this concept is acceptable but interesting indeed :-)

    Regards,
    Anunoy Samanta
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    http://just4suzan.blogspot.com

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    1. Yes, it sure is interesting, Anunoy! :)

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  15. Wow! This is so easy and creative :)

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    1. Yes, it is!! You going for SP??

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    2. Haha dont know :) I will try

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    3. Go for it, B!! Waiting for your SP!! :)

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  16. Unique! never heard about this before. Would be nice to arrange books like this in a seethrough shelf.

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    1. Yeah, that's a great idea too! At least, some of the books can be arranged in a SP and showcased! :)

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  17. Interesting idea indeed.. but may require a lot of effort!

    www.anucreations.blogspot.in

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  18. It seems like an excellent concept.
    As for me,I don't seem to have the aptitude

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    1. Yes, it's a nice innovative concept! :)

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  19. I was lost actually reading it first. I really didn't understand then I went back and read again.. Oh now I do understand... Excellent excellent, may be each of us could try one :)

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    1. Glad you like this Hari! Yes, you must try it too! Looking forward to your Spine Poetry! :)

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  20. Very innovative connotation of poetry,Shilpa:)

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  21. lol!! When I saw the title of the post I was like "Arghh! Poetry?" because I am like you :D

    But this is good....lemme try this with the books that are right now in front of me...

    It's your move wordfreak
    The Invitation
    The Anza Deception :D

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    1. LOL :D I just dont get poetry, I mean, one has to look at the hidden meanings, read between the lines and after reading 2-3 times still you dont get what the poet actually wants to convey!! :P
      Wow, that's super quick... you must try it out with your collection of books too!

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    2. And then when I see people wowing eachother for lovely words, I am at loss! I mean what!

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    3. Same here!! So, I just skip heavy duty poems. Simple light ones are still ok!

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  22. Cool. Sounds like fun and definitely love the idea of Spine Poetry. Must do it sometime too :P

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    1. Thanks RGB! You must try it and would love to see your SP! :)

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  23. Hahaha...nice idea..I should keep the books I have and see what poem it forms :)

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    1. Would love to see what your books say, Latha! :)

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  24. wow now this is brilliantly done

    how are you getting time to do all this with the young one at home for holidays :)

    Bikram's

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    1. Thanks Bikram. Glad that you liked it!
      Well, I am stealing some time from his busy schedule! :D

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  26. oooohhh....Nice initiative....U managed to inspire me....Now I l never be in Block as i l have something to do!!! Thanks Shilpa :-)

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    1. That's cool, Priyaa! Glad you liked it! Keenly waiting for your Spine Poetry! :)

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  27. Well, U don't like poetry???
    Read Once..
    http://meintheblogosphere.blogspot.in/2012/05/for-prompt-this-week-by-sunday.html
    http://meintheblogosphere.blogspot.in/2012/05/dreams-unfulfilled.html
    http://meintheblogosphere.blogspot.in/2012/06/teenage-blues.html

    PS- I never impose my posts on anyone. but I think U'll like these.!! :-)

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    1. Will check your poems in a short while! :)
      Thanks for sharing! :)

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  28. this is brilliant!!! even i could understand this poetry :D

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  29. This is something I've always wanted to do, Shilpa. Your arrangements are fantastic!

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    1. Ah! I remember, you have a great collection of books too! So, you must do spine poetry with your books, Corinne!! Keenly waiting for your book poems! :))

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  30. This is very interesting Shilpa! I must try it out sometime ..

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  31. seriously innovative and delightful :) I love this form of poetry..so easy to write and understand :)

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    1. I guess, this is only form of 'Poetry' which I can understand and write too! :D

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  32. Shilpa,

    Good one. Enjoyed it.

    Take care

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