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I'm supposed to write a concrete poem for my creative writing class, but i don't even know what a concrete poem is!! If you could, tell me what a concrete poem is... or write one for me.

WTF?

Try this one out.
It's called "Prelude to a drowning"

I yanked teacher out of his seat
His head I proceeded to beat
I then tied together his feet
And immersed them into concrete

I like it, but is it a concrete poem?

I'm supposed to write a concrete poem for my creative writing class, but i don't even know what a concrete poem is!! If you could, tell me what a concrete poem is... or write one for me.

What Wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concrete_poetry) says:

Concrete poetry is poetry in which the typographical arrangement of words is as important in conveying the intended effect as the conventional elements of the poem, such as meaning of words, rhythm, rhyme and so on. It is the self-consciously radical form of the technique of visual poetry (a term sometimes applied to concrete poetry).

Check out Ernst Jandl (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Jandl) for example.

If you could, tell me what a concrete poem is
It's another one of those novelty poem formats, used to make up for the fact that the poem is terrible:

http://www.schools.pinellas.k12.fl.us/educators/tec/pravda3/concrete.html

What Wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concrete_poetry) says:



Check out Ernst Jandl (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Jandl) for example.
So it's one of those picture poems... thanks

A famous concrete poem is Eugen Gomringer's "Schweigen" (Silence)

Check the link.

http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5934

How about
'Here I sit,
I am elated.
Came to shit,
Ejaculated!'

How about
'Here I sit,
I am elated.
Came to shit,
Ejaculated!'
Unless you ejaculate concrete, which seems like it would be painfull, I don't think that counts.

I'm supposed to write a concrete poem for my creative writing class, but i don't even know what a concrete poem is!! If you could, tell me what a concrete poem is... or write one for me.
Just a thought for future reference--some English teachers hang out on this board. You might want to keep that in mind when asking for someone to do your homework for you. :p

Just a thought for future reference--some English teachers hang out on this board. You might want to keep that in mind when asking for someone to do your homework for you. :p
Yup. As one...

Grrr I say, Grrr!:mad: Do your own work or I'll make you eat natto for lunch.
*To early in Japan to work up to full teacher wrath*

Just a thought for future reference--some English teachers hang out on this board. You might want to keep that in mind when asking for someone to do your homework for you. :p

I did, I sent a private email to kervalia asking him to do one essay for my history assaigment- I shouldn't have told you that.

WTF?

Try this one out.
It's called "Prelude to a drowning"

I yanked teacher out of his seat
His head I proceeded to beat
I then tied together his feet
And immersed them into concrete

Insightful and disturbing. I like it! :D

Yup. As one...

Grrr I say, Grrr!:mad: Do your own work or I'll make you eat natto for lunch.
*To early in Japan to work up to full teacher wrath*

Run away as fast as you can, New Better Ireland. Natto for lunch is worse than Vogon poetry.

Run away as fast as you can, New Better Ireland. Natto for lunch is worse than Vogon poetry.
Yup. My students take special delight in chasing me around the classroom with it when it's on the lunch menue. :P

-snip-

It's called "Prelude to a drowning"

I yanked teacher out of his seat
His head I proceeded to beat
I then tied together his feet
And immersed them into concrete

Brilliant! *Hands commie a cookie *

Just a thought for future reference--some English teachers hang out on this board. You might want to keep that in mind when asking for someone to do your homework for you. :p
I don't care, what's the probability that my teacher is looking at this? And even if he was, how will he know thats it's me?