I know that concrete poetry is out of fashion, but I think that sometimes a poem demands to be shaped in this way. Now and then I find some I really like. Here are two, the first by Jon Corelis and the second by Anny Ballardini (posted here with their permission):
I doubt that these poets set out to write their poems in these shapes; I think it’s more likely that they began to write, and each poem insisted on taking the shape it finally did.
But I could be wrong. Perhaps the poets will come here and enlighten us?
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