Shape Poems

1. Shape Poems/Concrete Poems
•What is it?
–A shape poem (also called concrete poems) take
the form of the subject of the poem
•What does it look like?
This poem is called Green.
How does the SHAPE of the poem
relate to the subject of the poem?

2. More Shape/Concrete Poetry
What shape does this poem
take? Does it match the
subject of the poem?

3. Another Shape Poem
This shape poem also uses
another poetic device. What is it?

4. Check this one out!
What does this
concrete poem
remind you of?

5. YOUR TURN!
Here are the steps to create an awesome
shape/concrete poem:
2.Think of a topic you are interested in.
3.Brainstorm words that go along with your topic.
4.Check your list. Do some of the words make you
think of a particular shape or form?
5.Try it out—Draw an outline of your shape and
experiment with words until you have a Concrete
Poetic Masterpiece!
6.DO NOT COPY ANY OF THE EXAMPLES YOU’VE
SEEN TODAY. BE ORIGINAL!