Thursday, October 14, 2010

Concrete Poetry

The following are some of my favourite poems not for their depths but the funny shapes that they take after from the poem's message:

'The Mouse’s Tail' by Lewis Carol in Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland



- 'Easter Wings' by George Herbert

HOPPITY
christopher_robin goes
Hoppity, Hoppity,
Hoppity, Hoppity, Hop
Whenever i tell him
Politely to stop it, he
Say's he can't possibly stop.
If he stopped hopping, he couldn't go anywhere,
Poor little Christopher
Couldn't go anywhere...
That's why he always goes
Hoppity, Hoppity,
Hoppity,
Hoppity,
Hop.

- Tigger



FURRY BEAR
If I were a bear,
And a big bear too,
I shouldn't much care
If it froze or snew;
I shouldn't much mind
If it snowed or friz--
I'd be all fur-lined
With a coat like his!

For i'd have fur boots and a brown fur wrap,
And brown fur knickers and a big fur cap.
I'd have a fur muffle-ruff to cover my jaws.
And brown fur mittens on my big brown paws.
With a big brown furry-down up to my head,
I'd sleep all the winter in a big fur bed.

- Winnie the Pooh


There's one more on Winnie the Pooh falling down and the whole poem was written upside down but I can't find it.

1 comment:

  1. i love lewis carroll and a.a. milne poems! thanks for posting them here :)

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