Calligram.

By Alex in Art, Book & Literature, Pictures on Apr 14, 2007 at 10:34 am

Calligrams are poems (or a phrase or even a single word) where the form is just as important as the words. If you’ve ever made a tear-drop shaped poem in high school, you’ve made a calligram.

Here’re some fun examples by Laura Ruggeri at Pantheon Design: Link | Emoticon (above) – via Growabrain

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Amanda
Apr 17th, 2007 at 9:17 am
These are called concrete poems.
Ella
Dec 2nd, 2008 at 12:28 pm
calligrams are easy.Try this one put pics on them to make the word.

Thin and tall at the school fat and drat at the mat