One day both N. and I slipped to Crossword with a new idea in our heads - book spine poetry. Our new found craze in this activity led to a brainwave of using the vast collection offered by the store to feed our need. So, donning the 'hat of creativity' both took to the aisles and BINGO! we had seven poems by the end of our deputed time. Here is a short recollection of the amazing time we had creating poems out of book spines.
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| The first one! |
Hickory Dickory dock
Kill Alex Cross
Four past Midnight
True at first light
The modus operandi was quite simple :-
1.Pick a book randomly off the shelf (which would obviously be an interesting title).
2.Use it as the beginning for your next poem.
3.Scour the bookshelves till you complete the poem.
Just after sunset,
windmills of the Gods
After the darkness,
games people play.
Be it fiction, romance,drama, thriller or a writing on the more serious issues, we left none untouched in our efforts to create something out of these.
It wasn't love at first.
The morning after
(in)the lake of dreams;
Oops! I fell in love
more than you can say.
It was fun as we ran hither and thither trying to find the next piece of the poem, searching the bookshelf from the top to the bottom, making discoveries, keeping books aside for use in the next one! For instance, N. had kept the books Vanity and Envy on reserve since she first set eyes on them and we were finally able to make something out of them !
The sword of thunder,
vanity,
envy,
betrayal,
games people play.
Quite interesting, isn't it? The fact that we had an entire bookstore to our disposal made it all the more better. We were quick ! A set of seven under two hours was an impressive feat.
Our next shot was at something that showcased women power.Here is our tribute to that.
Leading ladies
storming the world stage,
playing with fire,
power shift.
What next?
And then there was a poem from the Hindi section too! (We solemnly swear that as far as Hindi is concerned we have never been up to any good and so, we request you not to judge us!)
जीतने का साहस
आत्मा के लिए अमृत
सकारात्मक सोच की अदभुत शक्ति
लक्ष्य !
As we came to the end, the last section was the food guide section. Feeling a bit adventurous on the literary scale we decided to try our hand at this and cooked up the dish we present next.
The red market
southern flavours-
fish and shellfish
the family meal.
An hour and half full of fun and creativity. What an awesome way to spend the day! A maze of books, a camera and the enthusiasm with the perfect person. A day to remember - two to tango at the bookstore.
On an ending note, we thank the staff of Crossword , who without any knowledge of our actions saw it fit to let our efforts go unnoticed as we scampered all across the book sections sometimes with a camera and at other with books. Cheers for aiding our creativity!
