April 16th marks a special day for book lovers and knowledge seekers everywhere: National Librarian Day! It’s a day to celebrate the incredible individuals who dedicate their lives to connecting us with information, stories, and community. And let’s be honest, where would we be without them?
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In a concrete poem (aka Shape poem), the words are written in the shape of the poem’s subject. How the poem looks on the page adds to its meaning and impact on the reader. A poet may also use different fonts, symbols, colors, and white space (areas of no text) to give the reader a visual treat.
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Today I am sharing a poem from my novel in verse, The Complete Book of Aspen. The F Word is written in the triversen, (also known as “verset”) poetry form— a six-stanza poem in which each stanza is composed of one single sentence, broken into three lines.
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Found poetry is the literary version of a collage. The poems are made up of words taken from a printed document like a newspaper article, a speech, or in this case, the core values statement from the popular DNA testing service, 23andMe. The poet selects words from the document and rearranges them to create a unique poem.
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