FORMS OF POETRY

THE VARIOUS TYPES OF POETRY

CONCRETE POEM•CONCRETE POETRY—SOMETIMES ALSO CALLED ‘SHAPE

POETRY’—IS POETRY WHOSE VISUAL APPEARANCE MATCHES THE TOPIC OF THE POEM.

•THE WORDS FORM SHAPES WHICH ILLUSTRATE THE POEM’S SUBJECT AS A PICTURE

REVERSE POEMREVERSE POETRY IS A POEM THAT CAN BE READ FORWARDS ONE WAY AND HAVE A MEANING, BUT ALSO BE READ BACKWARDS AND HAVE ANOTHER DIFFERENT MEANING.

•AS I WAS PASSING NEAR THE JAILI MET A MAN, BUT HURRIED BY.HIS FACE WAS GHASTLY, GRIMLY PALE.HE HAD A GUN. I WONDERED WHYHE HAD. A GUN? I WONDERED... WHY,HIS FACE WAS *GHASTLY*! GRIMLY PALEI MET A MAN, BUT HURRIED BY,AS I WAS PASSING NEAR THE JAIL.

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• OUR GENERATION - REVERSE POEM

SLAM POETRY•A POETRY SLAM IS A COMPETITION AT WHICH POETS READ OR RECITE ORIGINAL WORK. THESE PERFORMANCES ARE THEN JUDGED ON A NUMERIC SCALE BY PREVIOUSLY SELECTED MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE.

• GUANTE - SPOKEN POET

HAIKU•A HAIKU IS A SHORT POEM WHICH USES

IMAGISTIC LANGUAGE TO CONVEY THE ESSENCE OF AN EXPERIENCE OF NATURE OR THE SEASON•FORMAT:•USE OF THREE LINES OF UP TO 17 SYLLABLES

TRADITIONALLY IN "5–7–5" FORM•ALLUSION TO NATURE OR THE SEASONS•WRITTEN IN THREE LINES

MY HAIKUTHE BIRDS ARE CHIRPING

IN THE AIR I SMELL THE MUDSPRING IS AROUND US