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Travis Jonker, April 1, 2020 | Articles
A gallery of reader-submitted book spine cento poems.
Travis Jonker, April 1, 2014 | Articles
Thank you to each and every brave soul who sent in a book spine poem to help celebrate National Poetry Month during April. This year we had students, teachers, librarians, publishers, and authors give it a shot. If you want in, there’s still time. Make a poem, take a picture, and sent it my way […]
Travis Jonker, March 7, 2014 | Articles
Amateur (and professional) poets of the world, lend me your ears! April is National Poetry Month. And around this neck of the woods the poetry form of choice is the book spine cento. What’s a cento? Check out the 2014 Book Spine Poem Gallery to find out. Or take a look at the work of […]
Travis Jonker, April 2, 2013 | Articles
National Poetry Month has landed, and we’re celebrating with book spine poetry. Three (maybe even four) cheers for everyone who gave it a shot. If you try book spine poetry in April, snap a picture, post it to your blog, or email it to me at scopenotes (at) gmail (dot) com. I’ll add to this […]
Travis Jonker, April 2, 2012 | Articles
National Poetry Month has arrived, and we’re celebrating with book spine poetry. Three (maybe even four) cheers for everyone who gave it a shot. If you try book spine poetry during the month of April, snap a picture, post it to your blog, or email it to me at scopenotes at gmail dot com. I’ll […]
Travis Jonker, April 1, 2011 | Articles
Today, dear reader, is the first day of National Poetry Month. ‘Round these parts, we celebrate the event with book spine poems. Many slaps on the back to those who submitted their poetic masterpieces. @ A Bushel and A Peck @ Bookends @ Curious [St.] George @ A Year of Reading @ Welcome to my […]
Travis Jonker, March 12, 2010 | Articles
I’m impressed. Three cheers for the brave souls who took book spines and created their own poetic masterpieces (or centos, as Laura Purdie Salas tells me). There’s some great work here. Be sure to visit Becky’s Book Reviews for the Poetry Friday Roundup. @ A Year of Reading @ Bookends. @ Papertrails Family Book Blog. […]
Travis Jonker, April 3, 2023 | Articles
A step-by-step guide for making book spine poems with your students or patrons.
Travis Jonker, March 24, 2022 | Articles
With National Poetry Month coming up, it's a good time to try a book spine cento
Travis Jonker, March 30, 2021 | Articles
Everything you need to know to create a book spine cento for National Poetry Month!
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