Mrs. McKeown's Poetry
30 Days of Poetry - Day 1

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Mother Goose
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Arthur Guiterman

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 lettes, and/or the arrangement of words. 
 
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 phrase in which most of the words begin with that letter.  The major letter should be drawn so that it suggests the object that you are describing