The border of this magnetic poetry set was designed by artist Rex Ray. Born September 11, 1956, and died February 9, 2015, Rex Ray was an “American artist best known for his innovative pop aesthetic in fine and commercial art—on canvases, wood panels, album covers, paper, book jackets, murals, and rock and roll posters.”
The border of this magnetic poetry set matches a design Ray created for Apple that was used for gift wrap, also available in 2002.
The inside of this magnetic poetry set was also used by Apple with a jaguar-skin border that was released along with Mac OS X version 10.2, “Jaguar.” The magnetic words are a combination of Apple products, words, punctuation-based emoji, and symbols. The complete list of poetry elements include (in alphabetical order):
BEST, BUDDY, camera, CD, cool, digital, DVD, EMAIL, go, home, I, iChat, iPhoto, iPod, iSync, Jaguar, LOVE, movies, music, MY, OS, perfect, PLAY, SHOP, SING, surf, switched, THE, we, WILL, wish, ;-O, :-), :-}, ! (or i), ?, [Apple logo]
The poetry magnet set measures 6.75 × 5.25 inches.
Interestingly, as of this writing in 2025, except for “Mac,” all other Apple products featured in this poetry set have been discontinued or are no longer in general use (iSync, iChat, iPod, iPhoto, Jaguar).
Source: Rex Ray Studio
