Inspired by Brain Pickings‘s Book Spine Poetry I decided to create my own. Here’s a few of the poems I came up with. I tried to stick to nature writing books and they’re very short poems. I could have kept going but I was in danger of completely dismantling my bookshelves. I apologise for the poor quality of the photos, I had to use my phone’s camera and the light isn’t great either. But I do like the reflection on our glass dinning table.

Book Spine Poem #1

A bit of a nod to Kathleen Jamie with this one.

Earth shattering

Findings,

Wild

Sightlines

Book Spine Poem #2

Funny that two of the books with wild in their title are about urban nature.

City wilds,

Wild nights,

Wild

Rain

Book Spine Poem #3

I think this one is my favourite.

At the water’s edge –

An unexpected light,

On the crofter’s trail –

The rings of Saturn

Flow

Book Spine Poem #4

With this one I tried to find book pairings.

The man who invented history:

The madman of freedom square,

A book of memories:

A book of silence,

Utopian dreams:

Arctic dreams

Have a go, its a lot of fun! And comment with a link to your efforts, I’d love to see them.

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