Adjustment Day arrives
for the assembled Tarantula –
A Million Little Pieces
with Burnt Tongues
making Tracks.
Traveling Light,
In the Skin of a Lion,
Backward Down the Path,
Fugitives and Refugees —
Keep Going…
Bjorn Rudberg is today’s host of dVerse. Bjorn says:
- Go through your collection on books, and note the titles.
- Sort them so the titles form a poem.
- Take a photo of the books.
- Write down the poem.
As often with found poetry, you will likely be frustrated at first and most likely you will come to the conclusion that though the titles provide a good backbone for the poem, you prefer to put some flesh to the bones. So as an option I give you the possibility to write a second version where you add your own words to form a fuller poem.
The first stanza really works for me.
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Glad you like it, thanks, Bjorn.
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I especially liked traveling light and keep going for all of us fugitives and refugees.
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Thank you, Frank.
I found the traveling light book by first buying the author’s calendars for years. I loved her photography and then looked further and saw she had written a book.
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I especially like the last three lines.
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Maggie, thank you.
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Very cleverly done
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Thanks, Sadje, glad you like it.
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You’re welcome Li.
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Very nice! I’ve done a few of these and they are always fun to see what I can come up with. I see you have the book ‘Tracks’. That’s one of my favorite books, and I have it, too. 🙂
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Thanks! I can’t remember where I read about Robyn, but I bought the book and loved her story. She’s one brave, TOUGH woman!
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I keep being amazed at how fun this is and how everyone’s titles become such effective poems. No exception here, in fact it’s exceptional.
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Aw yes, and gee happy, their stories want to be told. So many awesome stories from a simple game.
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If by “their stories want to be told” you are referring to your books… then you are one of those weird book people. And I totally get what you mean.
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The stories of the books want to be told, but their stacked title communities do also, when we look at them with intention. I’m glad you get what I mean.
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Um, my books get placed with “friends”, other books they might want to converse with. Not exactly Dewey decimal, but sometimes they coincide.
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Good stuff..the second stanza works best for me. I like “traveling light in the skin of a lion.”
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Glad you like it, Glenn. I like your poem on Hemingway, but I never cared for the man and so made no comment.
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Interesting list specially with:
Traveling Light,
In the Skin of a Lion
So well done with the found poem.
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Grace, thank you, glad you find it interesting.
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These titles create wonderful images when placed together. I especially like the idea of traveling light in the skin of a lion. (K)
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Thanks, K. I just finished reading yours, which also were wonderful.
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kaykuala
Fugitives and Refugees —
Keep Going…
With the lockdown, it puts a damper on the the progress of displaced human movements across the globe.
Hank
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Hank you’re right. For them especially it has to be difficult to keep hope going.
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Very nice Lisa!
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Dwight, thank you very much.
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Wow Lisa! 10 books – Traveling light in the skin of a lion – love that 🙂
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Thanks Christine! You’ll also notice 3 of them were either written or Chuck Palahniuk was involved with (Burnt Tongues.) 🙂
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One of your faves Lisa? ☺️
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It is amazing what the titles of a stack of books can say! Very well done, Li.
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Yes, it is! Thank you and glad you enjoyed the result.
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The result was astounding. My pleasure.
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I am so intrigued and tantalized. What a wonderful way to combine these titles and give a resonating message!
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Happy to hear it, Victoria. Thank you 🙂
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It’s clear forethought went into this. A wonderful combination!
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Thank you, Petru and glad you enjoyed reading 🙂 Not really much forethought, unless subconsciously. I just started grabbing titles. The last half was just as I randomly stacked them.
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🙂 Serendipity at work then.
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🙂
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Fantastic!
Those titles work great together.
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Thanks, glad you like them 🙂
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I really like those first two lines and the image of putting together a tarantula of a million pieces. It could be symbolic of many huge problems we face in the world.
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Yes, Ali, or the tarantula could be us, and the problem we face is us.
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Oh wow, I didn’t think of that but it really fits. Thanks for sharing that insight.
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Just my take on it. Yours is just as valid!
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Being able to interpret a poem in multiple ways it what makes it interesting.
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I love the nod to fugitives and refugees, which we all can be, in one way or another. Enjoyed.
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So happy you enjoyed it. The book by Chuck Palahniuk is a wonderful tour through Portland, Oregon, where he grew up.
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This is a clever prompt, and I love what you’ve done with it.
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Thank you. I think this should be a regular feature for dVerse 🙂
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This is such a clever idea! I really enjoyed the visuals in this poem. Might want to give this a shot as well! 🙂
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I think so also. Yes, do it, you’ll have fun 🙂
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Wonderful! Big love for In the Skin of a Lion.
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Great book from a great author!
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