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Use the title of a book you read or are reading as a prompt to create a poem. Be as creative as possible. The poem doesn't have to relate to the story in the book you chose. Italicize or bold the title of the book where it appears in your poem. At the end of your write or at the comments section, you can include the details of the book (title, author, date of publication) so that others can search for it if they are interested! Have fun!
Ended April 5, 2016 • 7 Entries • Created by Yen
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Use the title of a book you read or are reading as a prompt to create a poem. Be as creative as possible. The poem doesn't have to relate to the story in the book you chose. Italicize or bold the title of the book where it appears in your poem. At the end of your write or at the comments section, you can include the details of the book (title, author, date of publication) so that others can search for it if they are interested! Have fun!
Cover image for post Kafka On the Shore, by themanmoth

Kafka On the Shore

Sir Kafka, always tremendously calm,

sits on his beach towel, rubbing suntan lotion into his skin to avoid being blown to bits--

He uses his one and only vacation day to watch the apocalypse,

insists on donning a pair of shades because the self-destruction of the universe 

is far too beautiful, 

far too bright, 

for a nightmarish man like him.

(Kafka On The Shore by Haruki Murakami, published in 2002) 

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Use the title of a book you read or are reading as a prompt to create a poem. Be as creative as possible. The poem doesn't have to relate to the story in the book you chose. Italicize or bold the title of the book where it appears in your poem. At the end of your write or at the comments section, you can include the details of the book (title, author, date of publication) so that others can search for it if they are interested! Have fun!
Cover image for post Collision, by Yen

Collision

Our love was set in stone

From the dawn of breathing

And from the origin of species

Before the kingdom of Heaven was built

And the earth sprinkled with dust

A love so strong and ancient

A marriage between laws unwritten yet

and of animal instinct

When we met it was as if the purpose of our universe was fulfilled

It was the serenity of Heaven

And the beauty of Earth

Colliding

What on Earth happened?

It's the birth of our star

A contained force finally exploded

To feed the rest of the world

Debris from our love.

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Use the title of a book you read or are reading as a prompt to create a poem. Be as creative as possible. The poem doesn't have to relate to the story in the book you chose. Italicize or bold the title of the book where it appears in your poem. At the end of your write or at the comments section, you can include the details of the book (title, author, date of publication) so that others can search for it if they are interested! Have fun!

The Cairn on the Headland

The Cairn

on the

Head Land

A Sprig

of Mistletoe

I would

Give

Thee

All that

Man

Could be

was He

Odin

Woden

All Father

‪#‎B27321‬

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Blackened Stone

Broken Bones

Tumbled Thrones

Has All

Led me

Here

From Cairn

To

Head Land

Has Been

my Plight

To

your Door

to Demand

Satisfaction

By

the Sword

Mistletoe

From

the Grove

Has Set

me Right

‪#‎B27321‬

–

The Cairn on the Headland

by

Robert E. Howard

First published in

Strange Tales Of Mystery And Terror,

January 1933

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Can be

Read

For Free

Here:

http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0601721h.html

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Use the title of a book you read or are reading as a prompt to create a poem. Be as creative as possible. The poem doesn't have to relate to the story in the book you chose. Italicize or bold the title of the book where it appears in your poem. At the end of your write or at the comments section, you can include the details of the book (title, author, date of publication) so that others can search for it if they are interested! Have fun!

Without a Goodbye.

You break my heart yet again, 

It didn’t mind if I was a friend or lover, 

I just want to help you to be your best version. 

I thought you’ve changed, 

To see you’ve only gotten worse. 

If I stay, I would be hurting myself for no reason, 

So I leave you without a goodbye. 

Book - If I stay 

Author - Gayle Foreman

Year of Publication - 2009

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Use the title of a book you read or are reading as a prompt to create a poem. Be as creative as possible. The poem doesn't have to relate to the story in the book you chose. Italicize or bold the title of the book where it appears in your poem. At the end of your write or at the comments section, you can include the details of the book (title, author, date of publication) so that others can search for it if they are interested! Have fun!
Cover image for post Wed To The Texas Outlaw, by Mali

Wed To The Texas Outlaw

I find myself in the family way

furious, they make me pay

wed to the Texas outlaw I find myself

no longer on the shelf

but bad man he ain't 

one could even call him a saint

wed to the Texas outlaw I find myself

and he is no elf

tall and broad shouldered, a viking you could say

never do I regret that day 

sometimes I nearly faint

I nearly lost the chance to have this life, sweet and quaint 

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