CONCRETE POEMS AND

WORD PICTURES

Amy Engnell

Dani Strait

Kelly Azar

Kayley Johnson

CONCRETE POEMS AND WORD PICTURES

A concrete poem is a poem that forms

a picture of the topic or follows the

contours of a shape that is suggested

by the topic.

Word picture: Picture drawn using

descriptive words about an object or

idea that the picture represents

How are these poems different from

what you are used to?

Rules of writing poems • 1.) Choose what you want to write

about• 2.)Choose shape• 3.) Make a list of some good

descriptive words for the poem. (Using the five senses)• 4.) Use the descriptive words to

make poem in the shape you chose.

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MODEL

Example: cephalopod fossil (a curly shell)

The poem is going to be about a type of

fossilization that we have gone over in class.

Can you think of any ideas about a specific

type of fossilization?

Create your own concrete poem

about how fossils are made.

Some example pictures:

MY CONCRETE POEM