A concrete poem takes the shape of the Concrete Poems A concrete poem takes the shape of the object it describes.

Tree Tree

Dove

Salmon

Sailboat

and fly about in the mind like a kite in the cloudy white poem can play with the wind and dart and dance and fly about in the mind like a kite in the cloudy white sky at so dizzy a height it seems out of reach but is waiting to be very gently pulled down to the page below by a string of musical words

Create your own Create your own concrete poem Make every word count vivid verbs delightful / devious / designing / demanding descriptors non-nebulous nouns Alliteration rules, thus use it extensively

Create your own Concrete Poem All work, of course, is your own original work Do not choose a simple object such as a circle, pencil, or a table.