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Title suggestions for a book of poetry
I am not ready to do anything with my poems yet, but on the computer I have stored them as single entities as well as 'a book'. My working title is 'Serious Poems' (original!), but I'd like something enigmatic. Enigma?
I also have a small collection of poems which I am going to submit to a comp at some time, which I think will also need a title.
I know that TBers are brilliant at brainstorming, so if you have any suggestions which you'd be happy to share, I'd love to hear them.
Thanks, folks!
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But in truth, unless I had read your poems I wouldn't dare to suggest a title.
Fractures
Perhaps just the number of poems?, i.e XIII, 13, Thirteen etc (might need a subtitle with it)
Tricky one.
...hmm, no, reading the brief, that doesn't do it.
Timeless thoughts,
Contemplation,
Fractured reactions,
Lost memories,
Reflections of Reality
Heart-torn
Ethereal Musings
Soul-searches
( PS. my book of poems will be released soon!)
I'm enjoying the brainstorm and have written down a few ideas.
Quill out
Quill-I-Am
In verse not vice versa
Thoughtology
Thoughtelegeous
Metered Out
Tiny Nell Verses The World Love this one
I think puns would misrepresent the tone of this collection. I've had a very, very quick flick through a few poems and picked out the odd word/phrase as suggested by Nefertari and Liz.
I don't know if these are any good as titles:
Conjuring marble into cloud
The moon is a peephole
Mangrove roots and sea-washed sand
Crawling tide
Dropped pebbles
Beautiful poison
Ochre waves
I also like several combinations from your suggestions, e.g.:
Soul search
Fractured soul/moon
I would pick out Conjuring Marble Into Cloud and Beautiful Poison. They would definitely make me want to dig deeper!
The conjuring part could apply to a lot of poetry, I think and the second part suggests a range of ideas might be included.
The more I think about it, the more I think it represents the idea that writing - essentially done in 2D - is actually creating a 3D world, except in this image it's in reverse. The real things (marble) become captured in words/concepts (clouds).
I'm babbling. I know what I mean!
Job 2:
To select one last poem for a collection of 25...
which made me think of...
'Stepping Stones'
'Bold Stones'
'True Grit'
'Life's Boulders'