It has been some time since I shared any book-spine poems. Some of my new ones are below.
Try writing some book-spine poems of your own for National Poetry Month; please share them in the Comments section. You need nothing more than titles of poetry collections and the imagination to arrange them.
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In Anticipation of Grief
We Women
Sin
Where the Arrow Falls
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Without Wings
Something More Like Love
Is Music
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The Light Changes
Even in Quiet Places
After
After
The Black Maria
Flies
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Before Saying Any of the Great Words
Say This Prayer into the Past
For the Living and the Dead
Only More So
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Returning to Awe
I Am the Beggar of the World
Ask Me
Someday, Maybe
Stories That Could Be True
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A Word in My Mouth
Same Old Story
One Hundred Hungers
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Mercy Songs
Break the Glass
Everything We Always Knew Was True
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Night Sky with Exit Wounds
Shallcross
Then Come Back
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Red Suitcase
Left Out in the Rain
What We Carry
Next
Delights and Shadows
Titles of Collections Used
In Anticipation of Grief (Red Bird Chapbooks), Jenn Monroe
We Women (Tavern Books), Edith Sodergran
Sin (University of Arkansas Press), Forugh Farrokhzad; trans. Sholeh Wolpe
Where the Arrow Falls (Arrow Books), David Wevill
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Without Wings (CavanKerry Press), Laurie Lamon
Something More Like Love (Finishing Line Press), Jenn Monroe'
Is Music (Copper Canyon Press), John Taggart
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The Light Changes (Hope Street Press), Amy Billone
Even in Quiet Places (Confluence Press), William Stafford
After (HarperCollins), Jane Hirshfield
After (HarperCollins), Jane Hirshfield
The Black Maria (BOA Editions), Aracelis Girmay
Flies (Copper Canyon Press), Michael Dickman
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Before Saying Any of the Great Words (Copper Canyon Press), David Huerta, trans. Mark Schafer
Say This Prayer into the Past (Cascade Books), Paul Willis
For the Living and the Dead (Tavern Books), Tomas Transtromer, trans. Samuel Charters
Only More So (Salmon Poetry), Millicent Accardi Borges
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Returning to Awe (Balkan Press), Laura Kaminski
I Am the Beggar of the World (Farrar, Straus & Giroux), trans. Eliza Griswold
Ask Me (Graywolf Press), William Stafford
Someday, Maybe (Harper & Row), William Stafford
Stories That Could Be True (Harper & Row), William Stafford
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A Word in My Mouth (Cascade Books), Robert Cording
Same Old Story (CavanKerry Press), Dawn Potter
One Hundred Hungers (Tupelo Press), Lauren Camp
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Mercy Songs (Diode Editions), Kai Carlson-Wee an Anders Carlson-Wee
Break the Glass (Copper Canyon Press), Jean Valentine
Everything We Always Knew Was True (Copper Canyon Press), James Galvin
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Night Sky with Exit Wounds (Copper Canyon Press), Ocean Vuong
Shallcross (Copper Canyon Press), C.D. Wright
Then Come Back (Copper Canyon Press), Pablo Neruda
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Red Suitcase (BOA Editions), Naomi Shihab Nye
Left Out in the Rain (Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1st Ed.), Gary Snyder
What We Carry (BOA Editions), Dorianne Laux
Next (BOA Editions), Lucille Clifton
Delights and Shadows (Copper Canyon Press), Ted Kooser
1 comment:
Oh, these are fun!
I forgot about these. Thanks Maureen.
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