Spine Poems

A charming, clever, and original collection of more than 100 spine poems. a popular form of found poetry composed by arranging book spines. illustrated with 110 full-color photographs. Easy to create and share online, spine poems. also known as collage poems or centos. have become a fun and popular way of writing poetry. Spine Poems. is a delightful, illustrated collection of more than 100 spine poems that range from hilarious to heart-rending to profound. Award-winning creative director and former bookseller Annette Dauphin Simon has arranged the poems in categories that resemble those found in a bookstore: Art, Biography and Memoir, Business, Cooking, Home and Garden, Music, Parenting, Philosophy, Politics, Pop Culture, Science Fiction and Fantasy, and True Crime. Each poem pulls from a wide variety of book genres and ranges from the short and quippy to lengthier and poignant. Ridiculous / Hilarious / Terrible / Cool. Other Words for Home. Elisha Cooper / Jasmine Warga. Eek. My Heart. Is Was. Torpedoed. Hundred Percent. Wonderstruck. Didn't See That Coming. Restart. Julie Larios and Julie Paschkis / Corinna Luyken / Deborah Freedman / Deborah Heiligman /Karen Romano Young / Brian Selznick / Rachel Hollis / Gordon Korman. Every poem is visually captured in a color photograph of stacked book spines taken by the author and is presented in a text version on the opposite page. Each spread also includes a list of the authors and artists whose titles make up the poem, and features quotes, fun facts, and other related literary and popular culture miscellany. Spine Poems. is a wonderful keepsake and gift book for all lovers of words, books, and poetry.