A concrete poem is a collage of words, letters or symbols that creates meaning both by what it says and by how it looks. As early as the 17th century, poets experimented with concrete poems. George Herbert, an English poet, wrote "Easter Wings," for instance, which looks like a pair of wings on the page. Some concrete poems do not use words; instead, pictorial symbols are arranged to be "read." 

In this assignment, Dr. Moerchen's 6th grade students were asked to create a list poem about a spider but to then use it to create a concrete or shape poem. If you look carefully, the spider's shape is created by wrapping the student's poem around the edge of the spider outline. The final part of this process was for them to select background music which they thought matched the mood of their poem. The music is royalty free from SoundzAbound.com

Please listen to some of their creations.