The line, in Perloff’s view, in these ersatz poems, is a “surface device ... As for what is on the page, the language that changes the shape of the void, I’m of the opinion it can ...

And Other Shape Poems by Heidi Roemer, illus. by Hideko Takahashi. For the springtime poem ""In the Nest,"" each line of text forms the hungry ""V"" of a baby bird's beak, and in the summery ...

These lines take the shape of nesting text messages ... reckoning by reaching for varying forms of verse — erasure poems, shape poems and interrogations of captivating archival finds — that ...

Poems can be ordered by breaking them into groups of lines called stanzas. Stanzas in a poem separate ideas, shape the poem and guide the reader through the poem. The main forms of poetry are open ...

A nonnet is a nine-line poem that starts with a line of nine syllables ... Write about physics with no predetermined form. Let the language shape itself. See where the words take you.

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt ... famous for her candor and confessional songwriting, and several poems contain lines that would later become lyrics. "A lot of the time when I sit ...