… having fun with my collection of books!
Book title Haiku #5 for Haiku my Heart Friday
Het geheim van Oss
Lady Chatterley’s minnaar De pianoman |
The secret of Oss
Lady Chatterly’s lover The pianoman |
(“Oss” is a village in the Netherlands…)
Some of you asked about the book title haiku… and how I find them.
I find it in fact easier to compose a book title haiku then to write
a haiku myself. Anyone can do it – really, YOU can too!
Because I have no art to show you today, I thought you might like
to know how I make my book title haiku.
First of all: you need a lot of books.
(Ha, you didn’t feel that coming, did you?)
I happen to have a huge book collection.
This photo of my book case is taken a few years back – I have to admit
that today the ‘book case boxes’ are filled from top to bottom and it does
not look as organized anymore…
You have to take some time for the next step.
Take a notebook and view your books from top left to bottom down.
Jott down all the titles that have 5 or 7 syllables.
(This took me about an hour. I looked only at the books in the living room
– there are book cases upstairs too but I left those titles out, as they are
most technique and study books)
Make two long lists.
One with the titles that have 5 syllables (seen on the left) and
one with the titles that have 7 syllables (seen on the right)
Now the fun part starts! Puzzle!!
Combine titles left-right-left (5-7-5)
The more titles you have on your list, the more choice you have.
I made myself the promise that I cannot use the same title twice, so
I mark the titles that have been used. Finding haiku will get more
difficult the farther I go, but for now the choices are many so I probably
have some weeks/months to go before I run out of nice haiku.
If you start a ‘book title haiku series’ yourself, please let me know and
leave the link in a comment. I would love to see your take on it!
Two more things before I’m off….
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OK… that was it.
I wish you all a happy weekend!
Go find a haiku!
I just love your book title haikus – and what an awesome way to do it, needs quite a bit prep work!
I love how you do that!!!! And you and my mother-in-law would get along soooooooooo well… she has an entire room dedicated to her books!!!!
Leuk zo’n blikje in de keuken van de boekenhaiku’s. Krijg bijna zin zelf mijn kasten langs te lopen … bijna…;-)
I love how you do this, Marit! I’m going to try it!
my attention smiled,
Lady Chatterly’s Lover
sits worn on my shelf …
♥
very creative way to do haiku ~ insightful ~ (A Creative Harbor) ^_^
Cleverly done. My own bookcases are breaking at the seams.
Love this haiku !!! Makes me smile to think of you loving perusing your books.
Wishing you the sweetest of weekend, Amazing One !
xoxo
wow, what a fascinating process!
Books. Sometimes I feel like I live in a library… I love it though, the feel of leather, the bindings, the lettering, the stories and facts, a secret until you crack it open… and now you have given those many titles a whole new purpose for being. I can’t quite do that with my kindle… XOXOXO
I love the idea of ‘found’ poems and haiku seems the perfect way to go with these. I am going to look at my bookcase today for inspiration! Thanks for sharing this!
Wonder of wonders: Your book title haiku works in Dutch and English!
Desert Monk
What a fun process ~ I am afraid our books are now in boxes as we have e-books now ~ Have a good weekend ~
Just LOVE your haiku’s. They help me add to my reading list.
xx
although i had never thought of using book titles i do have a hand carved wooden box. when i notice something written in my mind, or paper…5 or 7 syllables i write it on a recipe card. this way the writing is all mine. yet i draw from the cards and reassemble them, 5-7-5 and find that i compose something more profound, more of a surprise to ones naturally way of thinking and pairing, even though i am using all my words..when the verses exist and then the “marriage” is arranged.
love your idea and how we are working on a similar haiku path!
quite similar and truly
You could do book title haiku in the library too, although the librarians might wonder what you were up to!
Birches Haiku
I just noticed Rebecca’s comment about the “arranged marriages” over which she officiates. What a delight!
Your library is so lovely…and your book haiku is such a create way to remember favorite reads!!
Wat een origineel idee, Marit! En ik zie dat je nog steeds je rode brilletje hebt 😉 Goed zeg! Bij mij is ie al laaaaang kapot!
XXXJenneke