With two days left, I realized I have not done a book spine poem yet. I typically do one toward the end of challenge when I am stuck and have writer's block. This year, I have not had one of those moments where I needed inspiration, but since I love "writing" book spine poems, today seemed to be the perfect day.
Late fall, I received a grant to purchase books for my classroom library. The books were delivered in January, and because of that topic I refuse to write anymore about, I have not had the opportunity to get them ready for the shelves. They are stacked and bagged in my bedroom.
I opened the bag and played with, arranged, and rearranged the titles. Several of them were sports books, and those titles just weren't working.
Off to bag number two and the stack sitting on the floor. I stacked a few, but they weren't right either. Dove in and restacked again. This one had some potential. I liked the two titles with the -ing words together, but I needed an ending. I love the idea that the sky we share will carry me home!
Here is spine poem 2025!
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A beautiful book spine poem that captures the moody weather of this time of year. I like the way you think through your writing choices as you shape a poem with titles. Congratulations on your book grant to add new titles to your classroom! Lucky students. 📚 You call today (Sunday) a "cloudy-rainy-gloomy-soon-to-be-another-stormy-chance-of-tornado-again-kind-of-day!" Saying prayers you don't in fact have tornadoes!
ReplyDeleteI love this idea! I think I wrote a spine poem my first year slicing, but I haven't done another. This has given me inspiration, perhaps for next year...this month has flown by! You beautifully craft a meaningful poem. I thank you for including a picture as well. There is something about seeing all the books together, knowing they will be devoured by dear students.
ReplyDeleteWow! That poem came together so well. Hmmm...I have a pile of books in my room from NCTE that would be fun to play with. That may be my slice today unless I can scrounge up a better idea.
ReplyDeleteI haven't done one of these in a while either. Now you have me wanting to scour my "HUGE" TBR pile for some inspiration. Your poem is making me feel a little nostalgic.
ReplyDeleteBrava, Leigh Anne. This is beautiful. Like you, I like the -ing words there and the ending. They all go well together.
ReplyDeleteThe titles work magically well together. I love book spine poems.
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