One of our followers (Hi, Jane!) emailed the coolest thing a few days ago.
Apparently there is school activity for middle grade which involves taking the spines of books and making poetry.
http://100scopenotes.com/2010/03/12/poetry-friday-book-spine-poem-gallery/
Some are more successful than others. Here are two that remind me I always mean to take up poetry. I have many sets of those word magnets intended for word and poetry play.
To me, poetry is wonderful phrases that make you think and when strung together bring the world and emotion to life.
Seriously.
the witches
paint the wind
step by wicked step
That’s brilliant in my book. Of course I had to try too. So here is mine.
A gentle rain…stinking creek…the river between.
The Lord God made them all.
Go find.
Hey, it’s no “witches paint the wind step by wicked step” but I was pretty pleased and I didn’t have a whole library. I have a lot of business and research books. (rejected poem:Dealing with people you can’t stand. Voodoo hoodoo.)
So, make a poem! You can do it!! You don’t have to take a picture. We’ll take your word for it. Type your poem in your comments. Best poem (selected by random generator ::g::) gets any Bell Bridge Books title of your choice in any media (print or ebook).
The Top Down Crew should feel free to add pictures of their poems. Betina has some good ones so hopefully she’ll add more pics. 🙂
Beyond the searching river
All different kinds of free
Sweet hush
River of fire
River rushing to the sea
(all titles from Bell Bridge Books)
Paint the wind with
The Gentle Rain of Summer
Our dreams of love can
Flourish and thrive forevermore
The Darling
Untouched
Giving Chase
Leave Me Breathless
Kept
Promises
The Virgin Blue
Laid Bare
A Storm of Passion
These were all on my tbr pile lol.
When I first saw this posted, I had my 5th grade students try it and the poems were great!
Ride a painted pony
For old Times’ sake
You never can tell
What the heart knows
But the night remembers
Those are all mine. Cool!
The Landlord’s Daughter
Willing
Ready
Ripe fo Pleasure
A Talent for Sin
Accidental Heiress ( Nancy Richards Thompson)
The Christmas Proposition (Cindy Kirk)
Captured and Crowned (Janette Kenny)
In a Cowboy’s Arms (Janette Kenny)
or
Rogue Angel (Michelle Hauf)
Follow the Night (Michelle Hauf)
Crave the Night (Michelle Hauf etc)
Then He Kissed Me (Christie Ridgeway)
Forever Vampire (Michelle Hauf)
Quicksilver (Amanda Quick)
The Little Black Book (Thea Devine)
Her Smooth Talking Stranger (Lisa Kleypas)
Knock Out (Catherine Coulter)
Guilty (Karen Robards)
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