30 Days of Poetry - Day 1

Concrete Poetry

Concrete Poetry is the use of words and their physical formation to convey meaning.  This may be done with color, the shape of the letters, and/or the arrangement of words.  Samples below show some of the many variations available.  To view various forms of concrete poetrty on the Internet, click on the words in bold lettering in this sentence.  You may use the information you find at this link, but you may not publish it in anything other than a school report.

Directions:  Graphically create a scene using only words.  From a distance this will look like a picture, but up close it will consist only of words and phrases.  No extra lines or shapes should be used.  A light pencil line might be drawn first as a guide.  Use colors, shapes, and sizes that will enhance the meaning of words.

An alternative is to use a letter of the alphabet and create a phrase in which most of the words begin with that letter.  The major letter should be drawn so that it suggests the object you are describing.

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