Have you every complained about making a collage in
school? Almost everyone has, but the
collage has been around a long time. It
appears in graphic work and in written work.
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| Faculty Book Spine Poem |
Way back in really olden times, some Roman poets and
scholars thought this would be a good way to have fun and spark their own
creativity. The rules were simple:
- Use bits and pieces of someone else’s poem
- Make a new poem
The official name of joining these bits of other author’s
words was cento, a Latin word meaning
a piece of patchwork.
At the McClellan Library we are celebrating National Poetry
Month by creating book spine poems with books that are in our library. Drop in make a poem or sentence. MJH
"cento,
n.". OED Online. March 2012. Oxford University Press. 3 April 2012
<http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/29675?redirectedFrom=cento>.
