My local bookstore is the best place to write mainly because it has great coffee and quiet corners. However, my absolute favorite thing about it is the fact that I’m surrounded by millions upon millions of words. Β Recently, I’ve been paying a little more attention to those words and so has my muse. Instead of just looking at book titles and magazine covers, I’m beginning to see poetry from wherever I sit.
Hence, my new little project, “Poeticals.” Β I’ve heard of book title poetry in the past, but its only now that I’m truly inspired to try my hand at creating poetry fragments from random words. Β Whenever they change the end caps around the coffee cafe, I pull out my pen and start scribbling different combinations until I end up with something interesting. Β The only rule is I can’t use a word unless I see it on a book cover.
I am already fascinated by how each set of words comes together in such a magical way. Β Never have I been more convinced that inspiration really is everywhere if we are brave enough to see it.
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I.
Clearing shadow
new sight
Indigo quest
human revenge
Hurdles gall
Godβs secret
II.
White landscape,
covered mountain
Above wisdom,
focus unguarded
Changed world,
blown brick
Box icons,
behind life
III.
Private harbor
before poison
Lullaby house,
unwanted grave
Jaguar heart,
lionβs game
Beastly night,
war nocturne
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c.b.w. 2012
something I may try myself after reading your successful venture – well done!
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Thanks! I hope you have fun with it. They changed some of the end caps at the bookstore this week, so I’m ready for another round! π
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These are really beautiful! It’s easy for words like ‘inspiration is everywhere’ to get buried in clichΓ© but reading your posts always brings these things back to life for me. Thank you so much for your writings!
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Writers like you remind me of the same thing. If we let the phrase “inspiration is everywhere” become a cliche, I hate to think what we’d miss! π
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Great coffee, quiet corners, surrounded by words – that’s beautiful poetry to my ears before you even got started π I agree, inspiration is everywhere.
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I’m sitting in my favorite spot right now and enjoying a really great cup of coffee. I can’t wait to see what inspires me today. π
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You definately have something there. I’m going to have to do this! I was trying to think of other places and then I started thinking I was getting too carried away: cereal boxes in the morning, grocery aisles, junk mail, doctor’s office mags.
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Simple is always best. Wherever you happen to be and whatever surrounds you is full of magic. π
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Cool idea. I’ve done something like this before. Amazing how the phrases fit together. I also think it is a willingness-being relaxed, being in joy-that allows us to recognize inspiration. If we’re hurried or stressed, we often miss all the little pieces that are begging to be used for some type of creativity.
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So true. The little things have a way of disappearing when we’re distracted and under pressure.
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What fun! It reminds me of playing with a random sentence generator. π
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Oh, I remember that! I must have played with that thing for hours when you first posted about it. π
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What a fascinating idea. I liked the third one the best. π
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The third is my favorite, too. Mainly because it came from a mystery novel end cap. Its a part of the bookstore I normally don’t wander into, but to my surprise it had a poem waiting in its wings.
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I love these! I saw something like this done on another blog and was going to try it, but haven’t yet. Your poems might just be the impetus to get me moving on going through my bookshelves and coming up with some poems, myself. π
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Oooo, I’ll bet you’d get some interesting poetry from the titles of your antique books. π
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Hmm this sounds like a great idea π I like no.2 best. I really should try this some time too – if only I’ll stop procrastinating …
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All you need is a pen and a scrap of a paper (or snazzy app on your smarphone) to get started. π
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I too love poetry and find that there are many things we see, hear, smell and observe that will inspire a poem. Writers are masters of observation. I love the poems that you have written here. They are no accident. They sound like they came straight from your soul. Beautiful and inspiring.
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Thank you. π I like to think the bookstore is secretly hoping I’ll find a new poem each time I visit.
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What fun! I am definitely trying tis the next bookstore trip.
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They’re getting ready to switch the end-caps in my favorite bookstore and I can’t wait for it to happen!!
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