Magnetic Poetry

Short description: Creative writing aid

For the album by Comet Gain, see Magnetic Poetry (album).

Magnetic Poetry

Company| Magnetic Poetry
Country| United States
Materials| magnets
Official website

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.[1] The informality and spontaneity of Magnetic Poetry has endeared it to educators in creative writing.[2]

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 See also
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## History

Magnetic Poetry was invented by Dave Kapell, 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.[3][4][5]

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.[3] He has since published a number of books describing the use of the kit and anthologizing poems produced with it.[6][7]

## See also

* Vocabularyclept poetry
* Cut-up technique

## References

1. ↑ Truong, Khai N.; Huang, Elaine M.; Abowd, Gregory D. (2004). "CAMP: A Magnetic Poetry Interface for End-User Programming of Capture Applications for the Home". Nottingham: Springer. pp. 143–160.
2. ↑ Vardell, Sylvia M. (2006). Poetry Aloud Here!: Sharing Poetry with Children in the Library. American Library Association.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 No URL found. Please specify a URL here or add one to Wikidata.
4. ↑ May, Jeff (13 June 2011). "After the One-Hit Wonder: They hit it big. Really big. But then what?". Wall Street Journal. https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703916004576271282489578512.
5. ↑ Giaimo, Cara (13 November 2015). "The Past and Future of Magnetic Poetry, the Populist Product that Began With a Sneeze". https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/71108/past-and-future-magnetic-poetry-populist-product-began-sneeze.
6. ↑ Kapell, Dave; Steenland, Steenland (1998). The Kids' Magnetic Poetry Book and Creativity Kit. Workman Publishing Company, Inc..
7. ↑ Kapell, Dave; Steenland, Steenland (1997). 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..

## External links

* Official website

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