Nine Days of Spine Poetry

I’ve been fascinated by spine poetry for a while. When I saw the brilliant one about Corona that’s been doing the rounds for a while, I found myself thinking about creating my own. It was not a new thought–I’ve been thinking about it for a while, but for ever so long, I was just too lazy.

A couple of weeks ago, I shed the laziness and began. Like all kinds of writing, I liked some poems more than others. Some of the poems were so unappealing after a couple of days, that I didn’t even bother to share them. But for the rest, over the last nine days, I have been sharing a poem a day on my social media handles.

Here they are, all together. Which one(s) do you like most?

Edited to add: I deleted one! I don’t like it anymore.

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If sweetness is something you look for in poetry …

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Here is a slightly dark one.

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This one was just fun. I saw the first and third books lying together, and I could not resist!

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A naughty poem that I enjoyed because it was so simple. The two books just went together!

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This poem below is slightly different from the version I shared on social media. Writing of all kinds always requires so much editing! I would take the last book away from the pile now.

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The poem below is the version I shared on Facebook, not the one I shared on Instagram. I think this edition works better!

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This one was on a topic that is close to my heart – the environment. Perhaps I am cheating a bit here because two of the books in the poem do deal with the theme.

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And the last one, which I like for its wistfulness.

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