Magnetic Poetry
Magnetic Poetry is a toy and creative writing aid consisting of individual words—often related to a particular theme or topic—printed on small magnets which can be creatively arranged into poetry on a refrigerator or other metal surface. The informality and spontaneity of Magnetic Poetry has endeared it to educators in creative writing.
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Magnetic Poetry is a toy and creative writing aid consisting of individual words—often related to a particular theme or topic—printed on small magnets which can be creatively arranged into poetry on a refrigerator or other metal surface. The informality and spontaneity of Magnetic Poetry has endeared it to educators in creative writing.
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• Name — Magnetic Poetry • Inventor — Dave Kapell • Country — United States • Company — Magnetic Poetry • Materials — magnets • Website — http: magneticpoetry.com
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Magnetic Poetry was invented in 1993 by Dave Kapell, who was then a songwriter. While suffering writer's block, he wrote words on pieces of paper and rearranged them, hoping to use it as a starting point for lyrics. To keep the arrangements of words from being accidentally disturbed, he thought to glue the paper to magnets. After placing the magnets on his refrigerator, visitors to his home would also rearrange the words, creating their own impromptu compositions. Kapell then designed versions of the magnets for sale at Calhoun Square, Minneapolis, USA. His initial run of 100 boxes sold out in three hours. He has since published a number of books describing the use of the kit and anthologizing poems produced with it.
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Magnetic Poetry is associated with United States. Classified as a toy.
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Today's ds106 Daily Create is a "geek magnetic poem" http: tdc.ds106.us/tdc1037/ Made with Wordmover (and vainly trying to photoshop it) http: www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/Word_Mover/
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- 1.Official website
- 2.May, Jeff. After the One-Hit Wonder: They hit it big. Really big. But then what?. Wall Street Journal. 13 June 2011.
- 3.Giaimo, Cara. The Past and Future of Magnetic Poetry, the Populist Product that Began With a Sneeze. Mental Floss. 13 November 2015.
- 4.Ulin, David L. Refrigerator Poets. The Los Angeles Times. December 7, 1997.
- 5.Truong, Khai N. CAMP: A Magnetic Poetry Interface for End-User Programming of Capture Applications for the Home. UbiComp 2004: Ubiquitous Computing: 6th International Conference. Springer. 143–160. 2004.
- 6.Kapell, Dave. The Kids' Magnetic Poetry Book and Creativity Kit. Workman Publishing Company, Inc. 1998.
- 7.Kapell, Dave. The Magnetic Poetry Book of Poetry: An Anthology of Magnetic Poems from the Refrigerator Doors of America Plus a Poetry Primer and Portable Word Pack. Workman Publishing Company, Inc. 1997.
- 8.Vardell, Sylvia M. Poetry Aloud Here!: Sharing Poetry with Children in the Library. American Library Association. 2006.
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