Calligrams
Calligrams In 1918 French poet Guillaume Apollinaire published a book of poems that did not look like poems.
Calligrams He named the book Calligrammes which means "beautiful writing". He used words and lines to form his poems. Sometimes the shape related to the subject of the poem.
Calligrams The calligram style of poem was written before then. It was called "shaped poetry" or "pattern poetry
Word Art can be used to draw calligrams…
arched bridge
Waves of sea water
You could make the word shiver tremble!
Fat could be the word fat looking fat!
Or thin looking thin! thin
Now you try writing a calligram in your books Use crayons to neatly colour it
Suggested words for calligrams ghost rainbow giant spooky growth bubble
Or perhaps…… shaky circle rain spin small stairs Slide Remember you can change one letter at a time or the whole word