Do you have any concrete poems...

ajc

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that I may borrow? I am teaching concrete poetry on Tuesday and any samples that I can use would be appreciated. If you have posted it in critique that I can borrow, please refer me to the thread.

Thanks so much.
 

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Ode to Concrete

You are simply formed
of cement and water
yet you hold my feet aloft.

I feel like a modern day jesus
walking upon miracles
from the bakery
to the pharmacy.

Dams and nuclear plants
footwear for snitches
just a few
of your manifold uses.

I draw a heart
in your calloused skin
with a paper clip

I write to whom but you:

Oh marvelous concrete
I want to be buried
in your overcast reality
so that I may never again move.
 
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Surely, ajc means concrete as in shape poems. Googling "concrete poetry" brings up some fine examples.
 

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Yeah, I mean shape poems. Polenth yours is fabulous! Thank you so much for allowing me to use it. I know Casey has written some (the hefty dude comes to mind), but I'll wait for his permission. Fei and Norman, those were a fun read!

PIAH: Thanks for the grasshopper referral. Love it.
 
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