Concrete Poetry A concrete poem is a poem based on the spacing of words. The pattern of the letters illustrate the meaning of the poem. It does not have to rhyme and can be of any length. For example: -Minus -Minu -Min -Mi -M - I took the word minus and turned it into part of a concrete poem based on what I thought it meant. Now that I have that, I can let this idea inspire me to add on to it. Here is another example. I used SPREAD. S P R E A D like smoooooooth butter on bread. Those lines were part of a concrete poem because I took the word SPREAD and illustrated it. "What things are spread?" was my next question. That is how I got the second line. Here is another: ) a pen _cil holds a gr eater know ledge than any c omp uter, a pen cil hol ds 100 years of ex peri ence and has been thro ugh the stori es of milli ons This poem was about a pencil and took shape of one! Here are some poems written by our viewers: . . . t e a r s By Kate M., Hillsboro ---------------------- This sole Walks Many walks of life there’s Always a different print under Each shoe for a Unique story of memories of someone's life in a shoe. s-------H-------o-------E By Florence, Ottowa ---------------------- Football Is very fun You can play it in the sun It's also extremely cool And, to play it, you don't have to be a mule I like to play it too But, the game isn't new That's all that I have to say So, I am going to the bay To make things out of clay And to eat some hay What do you say I just may By Stephen, Lakeside Park Activity: Take 3 ideas,(words, thoughts, phrases) and try to turn them into concrete poems. If you are stuck you can use the words provided. Have fun with it! If you're an artist this is a great way to express your feelings. Then, you can send them in. You can choose one or two. Hint: These boxes don't support line breaks and indents very well. If you want to make an indent either make [.......] (in brackets) where you want them. Or you can try writing &nbsp: over and over. That will give you an indent about [ ] that big. For line breaks, make slashes at the end of each line. Here's how my "spread" poem would be written in the boxes below: S..P..R..E..A..D/ like smoooooooth butter on/ bread./ Ideas: (If you are stuck) -Loneliness -Stuff -Crumple -Tennis -Cat -House (Above two sent to us by Kate M. from Hillsboro) Write your poem(s) here: Check the box of the poem(s) that you would like to be posted. Even if you don't want your poems to be posted, you can give us your ideas below. (Those could be posted too) Just complete this form. Click on Submit when ready to send us your completed concrete poem. Maybe yours will get posted on the magicglade Read Stories page! Your name: City you live in: Thank You! (all examples are written by Sara) | Back to the Magic Glade Homepage | Back to the list of games |