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Concrete Poetry. Just when you thought you couldn’t write poetry, a saving grace. Quick Example (more to come). So what is it?. A poem in which the typographical (vocab review!) arrangement of the words is as important to the meaning of the poem as the words themselves.
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Concrete Poetry Just when you thought you couldn’t write poetry, a saving grace.
So what is it? • A poem in which the typographical (vocab review!) arrangement of the words is as important to the meaning of the poem as the words themselves. • The words of the poem create a shape that expresses the meaning of the poem. • Let’s look at some more examples!
Exactly!! Iama veryspecialshape I havethree points andthree lines straight.Look through my wordsand you will see, the shapethat I am meant to be. I'm justnot words caught in a tangle. Lookclose to see a small triangle. My anglesadd to one hundred and eighty degrees, youlearn this at school with your abc's. Practice yourmaths and you will see, some other fine examples of me.
Now listen as I read this poem and watch the video • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vyRYmWynO4&feature=related
Now you try it The fireworks have begun their show. So catch your breath and hold your ears. Drops of turquoise give the night a fresh shower And pretty-patterned purples paint a dark canvas. Sharp crimson spikes shoot like arrows. Glistening goldsscatter glitter While blasts of blues burst into the blackness. Fuscia fragments fling themselves, Chasing after twinkling chartreuse puff-balls. Yellows sparkle, stretching their wiggly fingers out To claw at the skies. The silence is split by cracks and pops. Confetti explosions roar and clatter, Shattering the night.
Now let’s take it to the next level • You come up with the poem and the shape. • BE PREPARED TO SHARE!!
