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Download Love Poem: “Thoughts Upside Down” by NY Poet NG Swett
Download love poem about love, loss and grief “Thoughts Upside Down” from poetry book HOLD ME TIGHT by NY poet NG Swett. The short rhyming poem is also shown on short mobile video with comments about how people respond to poetry in these busy and stressful times. Poetry can be a weird thing that isn’t seen or talked about every day, and it can be funny to get your friends and family to read and even help with a few.
People really like this short rhyming poem from Hold Me Tight, my book of love poems
“Thoughts Upside Down” from HOLD ME TIGHT poetry book by New York poet NG Swett. On 4x6 adhesive shipping label printed on a thermal printer.
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Here is a short video I made of the same poem:
Thermal poetry?
I printed the poem above on a thermal printer and I’ll tell you why.
Printing a poem on an adhesive thermal label is an idea I got by two accidents.
One accident was in the original printing of the paperback poetry book. A poem accidentally sucked. So I made a label with a better poem and covered my shame. (And updated and uploaded my files to Ingram Spark and Draft2Digital for the revised hard cover and ebook editions.)
The other accident was printing out a dozen of the same shipping label for an eBay sale. A waste of precious labels, for sure! But printing a dozen poems on purpose and then sticking them up around town might be fun.
When I’ve got some thermal poems in my bag, I keep my eye open for a good spot. What’s a good spot? Visible, public, out of the elements a bit, smooth surface, and possibly used by other sticker people…
Can you see my thermal poem?
In selling online, I’ve become aware of a huge number of creative, entrepreneurial and community-minded people doing ecommerce, and many of us have thermal printers because of the time, money and paper they save in shipping. The cost of ink these days, am I right?!
“The Best Season?” a small talkin’ one-minute love poem
What is YOUR favorite season -- winter, spring, summer or fall? Here's a nice and easy one-minute short poem about a great small talk topic that everyone cares about, the seasons and the weather. Illustrated with black and white photo of a spring daffodil flower for a contemporary minimalist aesthetic. The short rhyming poem, "The Best Season?", is one of a collection of 36 poems in the poetry book, HOLD ME TIGHT by NY/Outer Lands Archipelago poet, blogger and painter NG Swett. The book is available in hard cover and ebook internationally. Nan is experimenting with short mobile videos like this for sharing poems, blog posts and new paintings online.
Three slides of a short 1-minute mobile video for the poem “The Best Season?” by NG Swett, Outer Lands Archipelago / NY poet
This is the 1:09sec video for posting “The Best Season?” love poem from HOLD ME TIGHT poetry book.
The video and the individual slides (pngs) are for posting on social media platforms with links back here to this website at 4seasonshelf.com.
Audio is added on each platform to avoid copyright issues.
What is YOUR favorite season
-- winter, spring, summer or fall?
Here's a nice and easy one-minute short poem about a great small talk topic. Everyone cares about the seasons and the weather!
Small talk is a lost art, isn’t it? People are so shy and wary of talking to strangers. When you’re at the front desk, as I’ve been from time to time over the years, small talk is perfect for engaging with people. It’s friendly but not nosy.
People feel nostalgic for the seasons and what special things each season brings to life. Changes, cycles and transitions are in our human nature.
About this poem
The short rhyming poem, "The Best Season?", is one from my new collection of 36 poems, HOLD ME TIGHT (link to buy internationally). The book is available in hard cover and ebook formats.
Minimalist aesthetic photo illustration
The poem is Illustrated here and in the book with a black and white photo of a flowering spring daffodil for a contemporary minimalist aesthetic.
In the book, each of the 36 poems shares a two-page spread with its own minimalist black and white photo collage illustration.
I’m experimenting with short mobile videos like the one above for sharing poems, blog posts and new paintings online.
Thanks for checking out my blog!
~ Nan
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