This seems like such a fun thing to try:

Regina Public Library Book Spine Poetry Photo Challenge

Book Spine Poetry is composed using the spines of books, stacked on one another, to create a few verse poem. In honour of both Saskatchewan Library Week and Teen Read Week, Regina Public Library is asking Book Spine Poets to submit a picture of their book spine masterpiece:

1. Compose a poem using books from RPL or your personal library.

2. Take a picture of your poem

3. Submit the photo of your poem to:

Warren James

Programming Unit

ya@reginalibrary.ca

306-777-6151

Winning submissions will be chosen by our Book Spine Poetry team and will receive gift certificate prizes; RPL will accept both hard copy and digital photographs.

— Contest open to all age groups

— Include your name and contact information in your email or on the back of your photograph

— Hard copy photographs will not be returned and should be sent to Warren via PO Box 2311, S4P 3Z5

To see examples of Book Spine Poetry in action, go to the Glen Elm and Albert branches and interact with their Book Spine Poetry shelves.

I know, I know, we’re all busy right. Busy this, busy that. Well, I think it’s time to STOP for a moment and take a look around. I just spent five minutes lying on the picnic blanket looking up at the autumn leaves and the blue of the sky above. (Then someone started yelling and a diaper needed changing and the phone rang etc)… In five minutes, I think you can give your imagination a little time to refresh and breathe. See if you can make five minutes today to lie back and dream, then, even better, give yourself five minutes more to make some notes and do some writing based on your tiny time out.

Wow, writing tips and prompts from one of Canada’s most terrific writers. Supported by CBC. What are you waiting for? Still here? Go, go, go…

http://www.cbc.ca/books/canadawrites/2013/08/lawrence-hills-writing-challenge-week-1.html