‘Por eso es mi felicidad mirar…’: Concrete Poems

School
Waters Elementary School

Poet in Residence
Timothy David Rey

Date

Students created concrete poems to showcase shape and style. Below are the first drafts, which were hand-drawn and written!

Lesson Note:
“I think you should be intuitive and playful in your choices and determined in your application. We are always full of worry until we begin the task, but I have found that, in the end, things tend to find their way. Trust your intuitions…”—Nick Cave, Artist.

Mrs. McClain’s 7th and 8th Grade Student Concrete Poems by (as they appear): Amani E., Mariana V., Zoe M., Addison O., Harper M., Marion C., Salim B., Julian M.

School
Waters Elementary School

Poet in Residence
Timothy David Rey

Date

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