1. Concrete Poems Creative Writing February 13, 2009

2. What’s a Concrete Poem? Poetry that visually conveys the poet's meaning through the graphic arrangement of letters, words, or symbols on the page.

3. Example 1:

4. Example 2: I am a very special shape I have three points and three lines straight. Look through my words and you will see, the shape that I am meant to be. I'm just not words caught in a tangle. Look close to see a small triangle. My angles add to one hundred and eighty degrees, you learn this at school with your abc's. Practice your maths and you will see, some other fine examples of me.

5. Example 3:

6. Example 4:

7. Example 5: o p--- t------- i----------- o--------------- My heart wants to explore every n-------------------- But logic tells me there’s only one possibility---- I look back to the past and wish to return----- I long for the life I once had---- And the love that brightened each day ------ An impossible dream; I must go f----------------- o------------- r----------- w------- a----- r--- d

8. Journal #10 Create your own concrete poem!