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Concrete Poetry (Poetry Basics)
Library Binding, 32 pages
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by Creative Education
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The good people at Creative Education were kind enough to send me copies of the four titles in Valerie Bodden's series of Poetry Basics. Alphabetically, they are Concrete Poetry, Haiku, Limericks, and Nursery Rhymes.
In each of the books in the series, Bodden not only provides historical context for the particular form or type of poetry discussed, but also provides and explanation as to what the form is, and how to write it, along with a glossary, a bibliography and a list of books for ...more
In each of the books in the series, Bodden not only provides historical context for the particular form or type of poetry discussed, but also provides and explanation as to what the form is, and how to write it, along with a glossary, a bibliography and a list of books for ...more
Concrete Poetry was nominated for a 2009 CYBILS Award, which is how this series came to my attention in the first instance. As Bodden says on the first page of text, the goal of concrete poetry "is to have the shape or appearance of a poem reflect what the words express." Bodden provides historical as well as contemporary examples of concrete poetry, which have been variously called "pattern poetry" and calligrammes, among other things. The point Bodden makes is that "While most traditional poems are meant to be read, concrete poems are meant to be seen." The book is quite simply a brilliant explication of what concrete poetry is, and where the form might be headed (including mention of animation). 
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