The Month of April is dedicated to the art of poetry.   Mrs. Huskey’s display entitled Book Spine Poetry is a fun way to see the poetry in everyday life.

A book spine poet uses the titles of books and arrangement to create a free verse poem.  It’s harder than it seems. 

“I picked Book Spine Poetry because I felt that was a good way to get all the kids involved in poetry. Not every kid can write well, but every kid can stack books. Plus, they just look cool!” commented Mrs. Huskey.

Nina Katchadorian, a professional poet and photographer, capitalized on this concept in her book Sorted Books.  There are even contests for this stuff.  Check it out: Contest.

Mrs. Panagos, the Writers’ Studio teacher, took her students to the media center to test it out.  “I limited the time in my first block class to 10 minutes, and this compromised the quality of some of their poems.  A few managed to pull it off though.  Landon Schultz, Shay Appling, Kaylie Miller, and Kristie Martins made it work.  My second block class was allowed more time to experiment, and several of them really got into it.  Honestly, it was just nice for them to have some time browsing in a library; high school students don’t get as many opportunities to do this as one might think.”

If you haven’t tried it yet, you should stop by the media center and tap into your inner poet.