Concrete Poetry

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Concrete Poetry

• How to Write a Concrete Poem
• with the help of Paul B. Janeczko

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DEFINITIONS OF CONCRETE
(N)

• hard construction material a mixture of cement,
  sand, aggregate, and water in specific
  proportions that hardens to a strong stony
  consistency over varying lengths of time
• mass of coalesced particles a mass formed when
  particles coalesce
• solid and real able to be seen or touched
  because it exists in reality, not just as an idea

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What is a concrete poem?

• In a concrete poem, the arrangement of the
  letters and words on the page adds meaning to the
  poem.

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How does the arrangement of the letters and words
on the page add meaning to this poem?
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Concrete poems can be short and sweet. Although
this poem is short, it make a clever statement.
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• You cant read them the same way you read a
  regular poem. Sometimes they cant be read at
  all!
• Paul B. Janeczko

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Figurative language is still an important element
of concrete poetry. The art of this type of
communication is in the image and in the words.
Name some examples of figurative language that
you see here.
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What is the effect of the repetition in this
poem?
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Concrete poems can be long and visually complex.
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You can add graphics to enhance the meaning of
your concrete poem.
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• What happens when you eat a popsicle in the
  hot, hot sun?

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Acrostic Poetry

• Uses each letter of a word, phrase, or sentence
  to create a poem
• Commonly uses adjectives to describe the subject
  of the poem
• The subject of the poem is who or what the poem
  is about usually, the word, phrase, or sentence
  used as the poems base

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Acrostic Poetry
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• Naturally beautiful ?
• Intelligent
• Caring
• Hilarious!
• Optimistic
• Literary
• Sarcastic
• On-the-go
• Not serious at all about this poem ?

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Now you try!

• Your job
• Choose a character from SURVIVING THE APPLEWHITES
• Choose to make either an ACROSTIC poem or a
  CONCRETE poem
• If you chose acrostic
• Write the characters name down your page
• For each letter of the characters name, choose
  an adjective or adjective phrase that describes
  the character
• If you chose concrete
• Think of a symbol or simple picture that
  represents the character
• Write a poem about the character and fit it into
  the shape of the symbol or picture the poem
  does NOT have to rhyme!