Concrete Poetry: A Poke in the I

One of my favorite books of concrete poetry is A Poke in the I, which was illustrated by Chris Raschka. In case you are not familiar with them, concrete poems can be one-word poems or poems with a number of words, but in every case, the words are arranged into a particular shape that reflects the poem's meaning.

I was reminded of the book tonight when I was cruising the Internet and came across an essay by Chris Raschka on the Children's Book Council website, a wonderful resource. In the essay, Raschka talks about "one of the watershed—I believe that is the term—moments of my artistic upbringing." The essay is just one of a number of first person accounts by authors and illustrators available on the CBC site.

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