Concrete poems introduce the remarkable attributes of major Earth landforms in this playfully informational picture book whose shapely verse suits its subjects. A piece about continental drift ...

Shape poems are sometimes called concrete poems. They’re a bit like making art out of words. By thinking about your experiences and emotions, there is no end to the types of poems you can create.

If I told you today, over oil of fish and scarf of red, that concrete would bloom a bud of crimson, would it ever compare to the wilt of before? And upon the ashes of tomorrow, we pledge to see ...