2. Concrete or Picture Poetry

THE GOAL OF THIS ASSIGNMENT IS TO GET YOUR IMAGINATIONS FLOWING!!!!!

Read below about Concrete or Picture Poetry and create THREE of your own! You may use the example listed or use your own imagination.


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See one SAMPLE OF CONCRETE POETRY!!!!

Picture Poetry
By Brenda B. Covert
1 Picture poetry, also known as concrete or graphic poetry, was born in the 1950's. Eugen Gomringer from Switzerland, Öyvind Fahlström of Sweden, and Decio Pignatari from Brazil are all considered to be creators of this modern form of poetry. Picture poems are fun to create! They are images (pictures) created out of words and punctuation marks-drawings made of words.

2 Picture poetry can be simple or complex. How detailed your picture turns out is up to you! You don't have to worry about rhyme, rhythm, or meter. If you are an artist, this type of poetry was made for you!

3 One of the easiest picture poems to create is a tree poem. See Example Above.

4 Forming a triangle out of words is fairly easy. It's also possible to form ovals or other tree-like shapes. At the same time, use words that relate to trees. You can use sentences, or just lists of related words. Some people use the same word repeatedly.

5 Create your own tree poem.


6 Another fun shape for picture poetry is the circle or ball. We can fill the ball with words, or the words can wind around the outside of a circle. You might want to create a picture poem of a balloon, a lollipop, the sun or the moon. Use your imagination and create a round poem.


7 Some of the more complex picture poetry I have seen was shaped like people. Another one was shaped like a rosebud on a long stem with leaves! You are not required to create something that complex, but if you like a challenge, try it! Your final assignment is to create another picture poem, this time using your imagination to come up with something different. You might want to take a well-known poem, lyrics, or other body of writing, and create a picture with it.

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