In essence, works of concrete poetry are as much
pieces of visual art made with words as they are poems. Were one to hear a
piece of concrete poetry read aloud, a substantial amount of its effect would
be lost.
CONCRETE POETRY—Word pictures, visual
poetry that uses shape, pattern and space, not readily distinguishable from
and often defined the same as calligrams. Appearance of the text or other
typographic elements are the major emphasis, may resemble elaborate works
of calligraphic art, clever word graphics or novel typography.
