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This advice from Paul Janeczko will help you and your pupils read and write poetry. Use these tips about concrete poetry, poetic form, and reading poetry aloud to supplement A Foot in the Mouth, A Kick in the Head, and A Poke in the Eye.
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A Poke In The I: A Collection of Concrete Poems
Concrete poems startle and delight the eye and mind. The size and arrangement of words and letters can add or alter meaning -- forming a poem that takes the shape of crows that fly off the page or becoming a balloon filled with rhyme, drifting away from outstretched hands. Here, in a single extraordinary volume, are thirty poems from some of the world's finest visual poets.