Friday, October 4, 2013

Sorted Book Poetry


Walk on the ledge
to the lighthouse.
Chant
a circle of quiet.
The other wind
echoes
the sum of our days.


Samuel Peralta has at dVerse Poets Pub has challenged us to find hidden poetry.  Using book titles select and group them so the titles can be read in sequence.  This is also called sorted-book poetry.  It brings an entirely new meaning to the phrase "poetry books!"  Click on the link and check it out for yourself.

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50 comments:

  1. ClaudiaOctober 4, 2013 at 11:02 AM

    the other wind echoes the sum of our days... what a great feel and image this has... and the lighthouse...i love lighthouses.. maybe one day i will live in one...smiles

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    1. Other MaryOctober 4, 2013 at 2:56 PM

      Thanks Claudia! I'd love to visit you in your lighthouse...when you get there!

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  2. Pat HattOctober 4, 2013 at 11:15 AM

    Quite the echo indeed, as you use each read

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  3. hedgewitchOctober 4, 2013 at 12:03 PM

    Very elegant, Mary, and a wonderful poem in its own right, as well as a collection of titles.

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  4. Kathryn DycheOctober 4, 2013 at 12:45 PM

    The other wind echoes the sum of our days . . . . what a great combination, love the feel of this.

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  5. MaryOctober 4, 2013 at 1:55 PM

    Very nice writing. One would never have guess your poem came from titles.

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  6. UnknownOctober 4, 2013 at 2:06 PM

    This has a lovely meditative quality.

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  7. Kay L. DaviesOctober 4, 2013 at 2:42 PM

    This is lovely, Mary, and I'm another who wouldn't have guessed it came from titles. So many of my favourite poets are doing these sorted-book poems that I've abandoned today's household project and am going through my bookcases looking for words that can be read in sequence. It is definitely not easy to do with books heavy on the mystery genre.
    K

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    1. Other MaryOctober 5, 2013 at 1:07 PM

      Thank you Kay! I'm going over to your blog now to look for your sorted poem!

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  8. brudbergOctober 4, 2013 at 3:50 PM

    This was great poetry... especially the last three lines

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  9. Brian MillerOctober 4, 2013 at 3:52 PM

    wow...this has a really haunting spirit kinda feel...almost druidic or witchy...which lets that other wind feel kinda creepy..ha....

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  10. AnonymousOctober 4, 2013 at 4:30 PM

    Without the photo, I would never have suspected the origins of this poem, Mary. It's beautiful.

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  11. Mystic_MomOctober 4, 2013 at 4:46 PM

    Very nicely stacked! :-)

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  12. GailOctober 4, 2013 at 5:24 PM

    Wonderfully done. I had just donated many books and had few to choose.

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    1. Other MaryOctober 4, 2013 at 6:13 PM

      Oh, you still came up with a great one Gail. And thank you!

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  13. Beth WinterOctober 4, 2013 at 5:28 PM

    Soft and absolutely lovely, sis. Beautiful stacking.

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  14. GraceOctober 4, 2013 at 5:31 PM

    This is beautifully done ~ You could have written them yourself ~

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  15. Laurie KolpOctober 4, 2013 at 5:53 PM

    This is brilliant, Mary. I especially like the ending.

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  16. EllaOctober 4, 2013 at 6:51 PM

    Bravo Mary!
    And you also had the lighthouse book ;D

    I love yours, yes so fun!

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  17. dsOctober 4, 2013 at 7:37 PM

    The other wind/echoes/the sum of our days. Love it! Thank you.

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  18. UnknownOctober 4, 2013 at 8:13 PM

    I liked the conciseness and peaceful feel of this lighthouse poem.

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  19. AnonymousOctober 4, 2013 at 8:28 PM

    This is lovely, Mary, getting better and better as it moves along. Thanks. k.

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  20. Jennifer WagnerOctober 4, 2013 at 10:03 PM

    "Chant a circle of quiet." ooh I like that! I agree the whole thing is brilliant work.

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  21. Vandana SharmaOctober 4, 2013 at 11:37 PM

    We all are in search of our light house

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  22. AnonymousOctober 5, 2013 at 2:59 AM

    really a fine found, Mary ~ M

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  23. SemaphoreOctober 5, 2013 at 7:25 PM

    Damn, this is very, very good. I have all of these books in my library, so not only is this a poem I wish I'd written, this is a poem I actually could have written! Bravo!

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  24. Other MaryOctober 5, 2013 at 10:06 PM

    Thank you so much Samuel! It was such a cool prompt!

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  25. ayalaOctober 6, 2013 at 7:34 AM

    Love this :)

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  26. Other MaryOctober 7, 2013 at 10:35 AM

    Thank you Ayala!

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  27. MargaretOctober 7, 2013 at 11:30 AM

    Honestly... light houses really do have something "spiritual" about them. This poem illustrates with words, but also would be a wonderful painting. I am trying to get my daughter to sketch/watercolor a few poems I particularly like and hope to high light them on my blog in the near future. I am going to book mark this one and see if she is "inspired". If you mind, let me know. Otherwise, if she does it, I will let you know. :)

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    1. Other MaryOctober 9, 2013 at 11:15 AM

      Thank you Margaret! I would be interested in seeing what your daughter does with this if she finds it of interest.

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  28. Madeleine Begun KaneOctober 7, 2013 at 11:20 PM

    That worked very well.
    Madeleine Begun Kane

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