This document provides instructions for writing a concrete poem: 1) Draw a sketch of an image from the world, 2) Write the first rhyming couplet describing the image, 3) Write the second rhyming couplet, 4) Combine the couplets into 4 lines shaped like the original sketch, adding the words in the shape drawn. The example given is a 4 line poem about a plane taking off shaped like wings.

7. Writing Your Own Concrete Poem
2. Draw a sketch of a simple image that comes
to your mind when you think of the world
around you.
3. Write the first couplet. Make sure that the
words at the end of each line rhyme.
4. Write the second couplet. Make sure that the
words at the end of each of these lines
rhyme.
5. Now combine your two couplets (four lines)
and shape them like your sketch.

8. A click, a sputter, a whoosh- to roar! line 1
A flick, a shudder, a push- to soar! line 2
The wings held steady; the nose held high; line 3
The plane is ready to touch the sky! line 4

9. Next: Write your poem.
Then add the words in the shape of
your sketch.