"Who says words need to be concrete? This collection shapes poems in surprising and delightful ways.Concrete poetry is a perennially popular poetic form because they are fun to look at. But by using the arrangement of the words on the page to convey the meaning of the poem, concrete or shape poems are also easy to write! From the author of the incredibly inventive Lemonade: And Other Poems Squeezed from a Single Word comes another clever collection...

Poems that celebrate favorite things from different seasons of the year, each shaped like the subject at hand.

Concrete poems are shaped like their subjects. They can look like objects, animals, or even people. Ode to a Commode contains examples of concrete poems in full color and infomation about writing your own.