Late nights and the magic of MS Paint. I wonder if I have always been a 2am poet or is it a recent phenomenon. Mixing art with words in this Girl Shape Poem which I absolutely loved writing.
Read below to understand more about Shape Poems:
Source Shadow Poetry
Shape Poetry is also associated with Concrete Poetry.
Shape is one of the main things that separate prose and poetry. Poetry can take on many formats, but one of the most inventive forms is for the poem to take on the shape of its subject. Therefore, if the subject of your poem were of a flower, then the poem would be shaped like a flower. If it were of a fish, then the poem would take on the shape of a fish. ><<<*>
Shape and Concrete Poetry go hand-in-hand; however, Concrete or Visual Poetry don’t have to take on the particular shape of the poem’s subject, but rather the wording in the poem can enhance the effect of the words such as in this line:
Have you written any girl shape poems
::Don’t Miss out on previous poetry types::
Day 2 – B for Blitz
Day 3 – C for CinqTroisDecaLaRhyme
Day 5 – E for Essence
Day 6 – F for Florette
Day 7 – G for Ghazal
Day 8 – H for Haiku
Day 9 – I for Inverted Refrain
Day 10 – J for Joseph Star
Day 11 – K for Kyrielle
Day 12 – L for Lanturne
Day 13 – M for Minute Poetry
Day 14 – N for Nove Otto
Day 15 – O for Octelle
Day 16 – P for Palindrome
Day 17 – Q for Quatrain
Day 18 – R for Rictameter
That is really cool!
Lovely lines, Raj!
Wah! Art!
oh how beautiful!