Book Spine Poetry

My local library has issued a book spine poetry contest asking patrons to use the titles of books they have in their house to create a poem in honor of National Poetry Month.

This was a fun and interesting challenge, and perhaps a little harder than I expected since there is an extreme lack of verbs in most of my book titles (or if they exist as part of a title then it is harder to work that into a coherent poem). But after looking at my shelves for a bit I was able to come up with something, and here is the result of my endeavors.

Finding Hope in Dark Times

The Icon Meme

The Icon Meme, via sulien

1. Comment to this entry saying 'Today we're cancelling the apocalypse' (or whatever, no requisite for any specific verbiage) and I will pick 3 of your icons/userpics.

2. Make an entry in your own journal (or just reply if you prefer) and talk about the icons I picked.

sulien picked these 3:




This is probably one of the very first icons I found when I went hunting for icons/user pics after I set up my account and I fell in love with it instantly. I'm very much a homebody and my happiest place is curled up with a good story and a favorite beverage and snack. If I were a dragon I'd probably hoard stories. Lol. With the cozy an content feel of this, it just resonated so strongly with me. Sadly I have never been able to identify who created this particular icon.



This is another one whose source is unknown. I grew up as a fan of Star Trek, both the original series and later series. I aboslutely fell head over heals with the first reboot movie and adored Simon Pegg's portrayal of Scotty (who had been one of my favorite characters as a child). I also grew up as a fan of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, first learning about it from the BBC miniseries when it was shown on pbs and then later reading the books myself. Finding an icon that hilariously combined two childhood favorites was just pure kismet. :D




This is one I actually made myself for a cause that is near and dear to my heart. In the summer of 2011, I was finally diagnosed with late stage lyme disease at the age of 31. I suspect that I got it when I was seven as I remember having a weird rash and flu like symptoms and before that is the last time I remember feeling healthy. Every year after that my health continued to decline. But back in the 80s in Louisiana they thought Lyme was limited to New England (despite how migratory people and animals--and thus ticks--are), since we'd never been to New England it was treated as a spider bite and I was sent on my way. I think that Lyme and all it's related and similar tick-bourne illnesses are incredibly misunderstood and complex and wanted to raise awareness of it because early treatment can make a huge difference in someone's life.