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Visual Poetry

Poetry in which visual composition, typography, spatial arrangement, collage, or imagery is integral to the work. Concrete Poetry is a more specific form.

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Four Concrete PoemsConcrete Poetry, Poetry

Four Concrete Poems

Peter J. KingOctober 5, 2026

           

A quick hop, skip and jump through my visual poetry (and some booklets)Art, Poetry, Visual Poetry

A quick hop, skip and jump through my visual poetry (and some booklets)

Robin TomensMay 6, 2026

Whether Visual Poetry is "art" or not has long been debated, even though it has been shown in galleries historically during its peak in…

Digital Concrete VISPOArt, Concrete Poetry, Digital Art, Poetry

Digital Concrete VISPO

David E. MatthewsApril 29, 2026

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The Voodoo of Doll ShoesPoetry, Visual Poetry

The Voodoo of Doll Shoes

John GurneyMay 10, 2024

when she came home crying I knew you were deadafterwards at the market I would pick up pot roasts chickens a bag of onionstry…

Concrete PoetryConcrete Poetry, Poetry

Concrete Poetry

Dale PattersonJune 23, 2020

Slow Into Lifeless No Mo The Question Implied Passage

The Minister’s DaughterArt, Poetry, Visual Poetry

The Minister’s Daughter

Dale PattersonJuly 22, 2019

The technique is called blockout poetry, a type of found poetry. I used selected words from a page in one of Flannery O’Connor’s short…

The Atom of LanguageConcrete Poetry, Poetry

The Atom of Language

Michael AckerMay 26, 2019

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Abstract Art Is Better in the AbstractArt, Concrete Poetry, Poetry

Abstract Art Is Better in the Abstract

David E. MatthewsMay 17, 2019

After a long period of introspection, I have come to believe two things: 1) that human intelligence is vastly over-estimated and 2) that human…