Hiya 🙂
The short definition of a shape poem is one where its presentation on the page matches the shape of the subject matter. Wikipedia has a longer look at its beginnings and survival, but anyway, I wrote two that I tried to set out in a way that fitted the individual theme:
I
Stand before you
Hoping to be the example
That shows you the way to grow
And rise higher than you ever dreamed: straight
To
The
Tip
Of
The
Top.
Does it come out as an arrow shape for you? The one below was an attempt at a teardrop:
I
Miss
You
Every day:
The weight of your loss spills
Into the things I do, hangs in my eyes
Soaks my clothes clean through.
Send me a sign, blow me a kiss;
Reassure me that heaven
Is worth all of
this?
[Pic is from here]
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January 21st, 2018 at 5:49 pm
These are very nice. They work well as examples of the genre and also show real emotion. Well done.
January 21st, 2018 at 11:32 pm
Awww ta 😉 x