Book Spine Poetry
Another summer is almost about to end! What I love about the summer is that Where the Write Things Are discovers new young writers that blow us away and seeing our old students back to writing, too.
This week, I’m featuring pieces of three young writers from our Book Spine Poetry writing exercise at our 5th annual Wonder of Words Workshop. Yes, they went around (Fully Booked where we have our writing classes) and was inspired by four floors of books then wrote a poem based on the book titles that struck them.
Written by Chloe Tan, 13 years old
Photo by Chloe Tan
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Written by Mikaela Dizon, 15 years old
Hello Life When Breath Becomes Air Focus How We Weep and Laugh at the Same Thing Focus
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Written by Andrea Ong, 16 years old
Oh the Places you’ll Go Far from the Madding Crowd Paper Towns Hollow City Look Who’s Back
So the next time you’re in a bookstore, why not try your own book spine poetry?
This article was first published in ManilaSpeak.com on May 26, 2017.
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Creative Writing Classes for Kids/Teens and Adults
Young Writers’ Hangout – July 22, August 5, August 19, September 9 & September 23 (1:30pm-3pm)
Adult Creative Writing Class with Dean Francis Alfar (Speculative Fiction) – September 16 (1:30pm-4:30pm)
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