Visual Poetry - The Chicago Poetry Center

Visual Poetry

The poets from Avondale/Logandale learned how poems not just meant to be read, and heard, but also to be viewed as visual art. The poets read poems that written in the shape of their subject. The poets were then asked to the shape. They used their shapes as inspiration for their words. The title of their poems are the shapes they drew. Enjoy!

5th Grade

Teardrop by Lisette A.

It was a sad day
When I heard my grandpa passed away
And I cried a lot
Because I love and miss him

Sunshine by Jaylen W.

The boy was outside
On a summer day
The sun was bright

Leccion by Leslie E.D.M.

Dia e lectura
Con una leccion
Y mucha escritura
Peosia
Con cuentos y leyendas

Candles by Angela E.

A candle lights the dark room
Orange and yellow flames
Glowing
If you touch it
It burns you

Burning Flags by Silverstre S.

Battle ground light shining on the lifeless
Fighting for their life
Remember the fallen comrades
Trying the stay alive
Ad see their families
IT MUST STOP!

Music by David R.

I love music
It is calming
Like feeling free as a bird
It makes happy
To feel the music flow