Concrete poetry

DEFINITION

Poetry in which layout and typography play visual roles.Examples: Jo Daviess, (American, contemporary), Corn, 1967. Daviess describes Corn as an example of a "letter-form pixie" and a "word-projection." Edwin Morgan (American), "Archives", 1960s, from anthology of concretism, edited by Eugene Wildman, Swallow Press, Chicago, 1969. Timm Uhlrich (American), "to keep silent", 1960s, from anthology of concretism, edited by Eugene Wildman, Swallow Press, Chicago, 1969.Also see text.