April is right around the corner, bringing with it showers, baseball, and National Poetry Month! Creating book spine poems is a great way to get your (and your students) poetic juices flowing.
Look! Look! Look!
What do you do with an idea?
Draw!
It’s a book!
The dreamer,
A swinger of birches
Chasing redbird,
Words with wings,
The secret hum of a daisy
Dragons love tacos,
Alphabet soup,
Apples & oranges.
Delicious!
Steam train, dream train,
You nest here with me,
Goodnight songs,
AGAIN!
Sleep like a tiger.
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I have never tried book spine poetry and you make it look so easy! However, I bet a lot of thought went into selecting the books and putting them together. For example, you must also know books – dragons love tacos and then food books with delicious! Inspiring.
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That’s cheery Catherine! Perfect! I haven’t played with Spine Poetry in a while so thanks. Could be great for tomorrow’s slice. So glad you stopped by and then I stopped by.
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My favorite:
The dreamer,
A swinger of birches
Chasing redbird,
Words with wings,
The secret hum of a daisy
Beautiful images for beautiful books/poems! Lovely.
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I can just imagime the fun that kids and teachers can have with this! I am excited to borrow this idea at my school. Thanks for sharing!
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I love doing book spine poems with students! Also, I just received my National Poetry Month poster today in the mail! WOO HOO!
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I love spine poetry and I have never tried it. Each time I see it I think, I should do it. Your post is inspiring. Think I’ll give it a try. Love the dreamer poem.
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Love all your book spine poems, but especially the rhythm of the last one and that final line “Sleep like a tiger.” I may need to check out that book!
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Love these–thanks for the idea.
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Each one is a gem, Catherine! I rather like the way you managed to get Dragons Love Tacos into a poem, though. Very clever!
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What great combinations of titles! Love them all, but especially the message of the first one. Tacos was great too.
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This always looks like fun, but every time I have done it, I have struggled to say what I wanted to say. These are great examples. Isn’t there someone who collects these and showcases on a blog. I’ve forgotten who.
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