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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Thin and tall at the school fat and drat at the mat
http://www.brennanspub-la.com/racing.htm
shot this several years ago:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6VUxUmsQMY
doesn't have that ring to it, y'know?