Book Blogger Love-a-Thon: Mini Challenge #2
The Book Blogger Love-a-Thon is an event where we can share our love for our fellow book bloggers! The event is hosted by Alexa at Alexa Loves Books and Katelyn at Kate’s Tales of Books and Bands.
I’m so excited about this second Mini Challenge! It’s Book Spine Poetry, where you make up a poem with only the titles of books. I did a similar challenge during Dewey’s 24-Hour Read-a-thon last year, and I loved it!
So here’s my poem for this mini challenge. I may have gone a bit overboard…
I know that’s hard to read, so here’s the poem:
A long way down Jellicoe Road
the year of the flood.
The magicians, Eve and Adam;
the giver, the thief,
angels and demons.
The bad beginning:
the lying game, the dead-tossed waves,
imaginary girls, the forgetting room.
The last battle:
life as we knew it catching fire.
The future of us
inside out, outside in.
All these things I’ve done shatter me.
What’s left of me if I stay?
Shade, envy,
fire, venom.
A great and terrible beauty.
–Breathe–
Love is the higher law.
I know, some emo shiz huh? ;) And I just have to add the one that I did last year for the readathon. I know it doesn’t count for this mini challenge but I just love it so I wanted to share.
This one was supposed to be a book sentence, and it reads: “Never let me go when love dies; under the dome, under the never sky.”
So I might be asleep when this post actually goes up, but when I wake up I’m looking forward to seeing everyone else’s book spine poetry!
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February 23, 2013 at 1:01 pmhello creative! that was awesome!!
Dana
February 23, 2013 at 1:05 pmOh Andrea! That was great! What a wonderful poem you made!
Dana
Kate Midnight Book Girl
February 23, 2013 at 1:05 pmAndrea, I love your poem and book sentence!!! If I weren't in a hurry to get ready for work right now, I'd make one up myself. My favorite part of the poem:
life as we knew it catching fire.
The future of us
inside out, outside in.
All these things I've done shatter me.
What's left of me if I stay?
Cynthia
February 23, 2013 at 1:45 pmoooooh I love yours!! Sooo beautiful!! And btw I love your blog, it's so clean and light. Pretty!! =D
Nicole
February 23, 2013 at 1:58 pmholy crap that's amazing, you put us all to shame! :D I really wish I would have thought to use the pictures of the books in mine, rookie mistake hah. Nicely done!
Nicole @ The Quiet Concert
Claire
February 23, 2013 at 2:47 pmThat's incredible! I'm blown away that you made that from book titles :o Way to go!
Judith
February 23, 2013 at 2:51 pmWoooo, great job! I agree with Nicole haha, you make the rest of us sound TERRIBLE. I LOVE your poem!
Belle of the Literati
February 23, 2013 at 2:54 pmLOVE this! It flows so well and is really beautifully writen, fantastic job!
Jess (Gone with the Words)
February 23, 2013 at 3:41 pmAmazing job! Totally emo shiz but totally awesome as well! :D hehe
Ellie
February 23, 2013 at 4:15 pmI love this! So amazing. :)
Alexa Y.
February 23, 2013 at 4:22 pmThis is lovely! I think the book spine poetry you've come up with is pretty darn AMAZING.
Katelyn
February 23, 2013 at 6:34 pmIt may be emo shiz, but it is freaking awesome emo shiz! You did a fabulous job!
Ally @ Rally the Readers
February 23, 2013 at 7:27 pmOh my god, I love your book sentence! I kept reading it and reading it, and it just flows together so perfectly! Your book spine poem was epic!
Diana
February 23, 2013 at 10:45 pmOnly thing I can think to say: awesome
Bittner
February 23, 2013 at 10:45 pm"All these things I've done shatter me.
What's left of me if I stay?" – Awe! Good line!
Jaclyn Canada
February 24, 2013 at 4:25 amOH wow! You really went above and beyond. I really love the book sentence as well. New GFC Follower :D Jaclyn @ JC's Book Haven
fakesteph
February 25, 2013 at 7:27 pmI love this soooo much!