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Day 1 - Concrete Poetry

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Concrete Poetry is the use of words and their physical formation to convey meaning.  This may be done with color, the shape of the letters, and/or the arrangement of words.  Samples below show some of the many variations available.  To view various forms of concrete poetry on the Internet, you can check here or do a Google image search for concrete poetry.  You may use the information you find at these links, but you may not publish it in anything other than a school report.


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.

Or you can...

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An alternative is to use a letter of the alphabet and create a phrase in which most of the words begin with that letter. The major letter should be drawn so that it suggests the object you are describing.

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